About Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio
The founding partners of JCD Law, Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio, are peer review rated AV® Preeminent. Jonathan Joseph has been rated AV® Preeminent for many years. Jonathan Cohen was rated AV® Preeminent in 2013. This distinction represents the highest possible level of legal ability and ethics by Martindale-Hubbell, an independent company responsible for the evaluation of lawyers and law firms nationwide for more than 140 years.
Our Qualifications
Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio is a cutting edge law firm focused on the evolving banking and financial space across the country.
Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio is the partner you can count on for sound advice, guidance and representation across a wide range of mature and emerging industries.
For more than two decades, Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio has played a pivotal role in helping some of the area’s most recognizable companies become and remain market leaders. From emerging enterprises to large public and privately held corporations, our clients set the standard on thought leadership in industries while focusing on fundamentally changing the world through rapid innovation.
An AV-rated law firm, Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio offers sophisticated expertise typically found in only the largest American law firms with an emphasis on complicated banking, credit union, fintech, corporate, employment and regulatory issues.
Legacy in Law: Our History
Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio traces its roots to 2006 when Jonathan Joseph opened a banking and financial services law boutique in San Francisco after practicing for 25 years as a banking and securities partner at two large (AmLaw25) firms. Jonathan set out to offer the same high-quality service clients expect from the largest American law firms but in a more solutions-oriented, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
In 2010, Jonathan Cohen, an experienced big firm trial lawyer, teamed up with Jonathan Joseph to form Joseph & Cohen and expand its practice into commercial litigation and employment. Together, they built a sophisticated corporate, financial services, and litigation practice representing banks, credit unions, fintechs, and high-tech companies and their directors and executives.
Over the next 14 years, Joseph & Cohen gradually added experienced attorneys from top firms who were attracted to the firm’s approach:
- Kristina Del Vecchio – bank regulatory, corporate, and litigation attorney
- Robyn Callahan – employment and commercial litigator
- Jeff Lederman – real estate and commercial litigator
- James Olson – corporate and banking industry attorney
- Randy Schai – corporate and private equity/hedge fund attorney
- Mike Kadish – bank regulatory, fintech, and compliance attorney
- Nicole Dogwill – commercial and banking litigator
To recognize the expertise and accomplishments of partner Kristina Del Vecchio, the firm changed its name to Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio, PC, in January 2023. Dan Bailey and Angie Cohen have added additional depth to the firm’s extensive capabilities.
Our Attorneys
We are creative, progressive and entrepreneurial, and deeply committed to excellence.
Managing Partner,
AV Peer Review Rated
Jonathan Joseph is the firm’s founder, Managing Partner and Chair of its Financial Services Practice.
Partner, AV Peer Review Rated
Jonathan Cohen is a founding partner of Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio and its Head of Litigation.
Partner
Kristina A. Del Vecchio is a partner in Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio’s San Francisco office. She brings…
Partner Emeritus
Kenneth Sayre-Peterson is a Partner Emeritus with Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio having retired from practicing law…
Partner, AV Peer Review Rated
Jeffrey J. Lederman, a Partner with Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio, is an AV peer review rated…
Partner
James C. Olson, an esteemed nationally known lawyer and advisor, is a Senior Partner with…
Partner
Robyn C. Callahan is a partner at Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio, having initially joined the firm…
Of Counsel
Daniel Bailey joined Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio as Of Counsel in 2018. He is a trial…
Of Counsel
Michael L. Kadish joined Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio as Of Counsel in 2022. He is…
Partner
Nicole Dogwill is a Partner at Joseph Cohen & Del Vecchio PC (JCD) with 20+ years…