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=== Law === Cohen used introductions from ''Goonies'' director [[Richard Donner]] to get summer jobs on the business side of movie studios; he would say about that time in the ''ABA Journal'' story, "I grew up loving [[The Three Stooges]] and the [[Marx Brothers]], but suddenly I had a new crop of heroes." Cohen chose to pursue a legal career upon finding out that many of the most important figures on the business side of Hollywood had [[Juris Doctor|law degrees]].<ref name="Gordon" /> After his time at Berkeley, Cohen earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[UCLA School of Law]] in 2000<ref name="Gordon" /> and later became an [[entertainment lawyer]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In 2002, he co-founded the Cohen & Gardner firm in Beverly Hills.<ref name="variety" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cohengardnerlaw.com/about |title=About the firm |website=Cohen Gardner Law |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210224722/http://www.cohengardnerlaw.com/about |archive-date=February 10, 2011}}</ref> In the September 24, 2008 issue of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Cohen was profiled in the Dealmakers Impact Report.<ref name="variety" /> Cohen was named to ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s "Next Generation: Hollywood's Top 35 Executives 35 and Under" in their November 5, 2008 issue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i988131294131bdd81dd849c3d0cc84f7 |title=THR Next Gen 2008: Legal |date=November 5, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219170355/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i988131294131bdd81dd849c3d0cc84f7 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }}</ref> He was named to ''Variety'''s Dealmakers Impact Report in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/gallery/showbiz-strategists-variety-dealmakers-impact-report/#!34/law-jeff-b-cohen/ |title=Showbiz Strategists: Variety's Dealmakers Impact Report, Law: Jeff B. Cohen |magazine=Variety |access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref> As of February 2014, Cohen periodically "writes about business, legal and political matters for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and [[CNBC]]."<ref name=Gordon/> Cohen negotiated the deal of his ''Goonies'' co-star [[Ke Huy Quan]] for his casting in ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once|Everything Everywhere All At Once]]'' (2022). Cohen was in attendance at the [[95th Academy Awards]] where Quan won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]; Quan publicly thanked Cohen during his acceptance speech, calling him his "''Goonies'' brother for life."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, Adam Sandler and THR's Actor Roundtable |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/austin-butler-brendan-fraser-colin-farrell-actor-roundtable-1235293939/ |access-date=January 10, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ke Huy Quan gets Oscar congrats from 'Goonies' co-stars |url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/ke-huy-quan-gets-oscar-congrats-from-goonies-co-stars |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=torontosun |language=en-CA}}</ref>
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