Return to managing.

Nancy Cohen is returning to the role of managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Holler Ehrman LLP.

Cohen takes the position following the departure of the office's prior managing partner, Jerry Marks, who left to join the law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.

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"Nancy has earned the respect of her fellow co-workers and peers within the firm, and she is well known in the L.A. business and legal communities," firm Chairman Matthew Larrabee said in a statement. "She also has demonstrated that she has the leadership qualities that are needed to drive firmwide and core practice strategies, and she's already proven she can simultaneously manage our L.A. office."

Cohen held the position of managing partner for four years beginning in 1995. At that time, she was the first woman to head the office.

Her practice has included representing Clint Eastwood, television producer David E. Kelley and Holocaust survivors in their efforts to obtain life insurance money.

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