Counsel Press

Counsel Press

Counsel Press was founded in New York City in 1938 by Meyer Cohen as a single legal-support operation focused on appellate printing. The firm grew over three generations under the Cohen family's stewardship, expanding from a local appeals printer into a nationwide service provider essential to appellate practice. Ethan B. Cohen now serves as President and CEO, representing the third generation of family leadership, while his father Robert C. Cohen holds the role of Chairman. The firm operates as a specialized processor and procedural manager for appeals across all federal circuit courts, state appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Their services encompass brief printing, digital filing compliance, procedural calendaring, and the logistical management of the complex rules governing appellate litigation in every jurisdiction. The company maintains permanent offices in major appellate hubs including New York, the capital region of Albany, Chicago, Hartford, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, D.C. This geographic footprint places staff within walking distance of the federal and state courts where appeals are filed and argued. With a team of appellate specialists and paralegals embedded across the U.S., Counsel Press has managed the procedural arc of more than 100,000 appeals since its founding. The firm does not disclose deployment figures or an AUM. A notable operational milestone occurred in 2022 when the firm issued sector-wide guidance to litigation firms on the transition to final rules for electronic filing in the New York State Court of Appeals, an event that underscored the firm's role as a knowledge hub in appellate procedure. What structurally distinguishes Counsel Press is its generational hold on a narrow, non-discretionary function within the legal system: appellate compliance. Litigation firms cannot file an appeal without satisfying jurisdiction-specific procedural rules that change frequently and differ across circuits. By concentrating on this durable, high-frequency need over eight decades and through three generations of family leadership, the firm has built a cost-and-knowledge advantage that would be difficult for a generalist business-services firm to replicate.