Jack Cohen

Jack Cohen’s CV – Auto
Cell: 747-222-1554 

Cohen Inv LLC
Jack Cohen is a court qualified Automobile Expert Witness, Licensed Automobile Dealer with 40 years experience in the Automotive Industry

Plaintiff and Defense
Consulting with attorneys, dealers, consumers, insurance companies

Cohen Inv LLC
COURT QUALIFIED EXPERT WITNESS
EXPERT RETENTION PURSUANT TO WRITTEN AGREEMENT ONLY

Work Experience
1981-1984
Inspection and delivery of vehicles from auctions to the dealership, delivery of vehicles to auctions to be consigned, delivery of vehicles to wholesale and retail buyers, in charge of making sure all the vehicles are driven to the smog centers and receive a smog certificate prior to being offered for sale at the dealership, in charge of handling all of the presale repairs and inspections as the vehicles needed, connect with vendors/shops for reconditioning of the used vehicles. Received hands-on training in customer service, vehicle sales, some DMV and other related automobile sales documentation, safety issues, vehicle maintenance, light mechanical and collision repair, pre delivery inspection
1985-1986
Wholesale Auto Dealer Purchased and sold wholesale vehicles
1986-1989
Cohen Motors, Inc. 12409 Victory Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91606
1986-1990
King Buick North Hollywood, CA 91606
Sold new and used vehicles, involved with sales and financing transactions, documentation, handled all tasks relating to the dealership
1989-2013
Cohen Motor Co. 12265 San Fernando Rd. Sylmar, CA 91342 Finance specialist and general manager, Sales of: automobiles/boats/motorcycles/ATV’s/ dirt bikes/recreational vehicles/trailers/personal watercraft. Automobile and equipment rentals.
1992-1998
U-Haul Dealership

2004-2008
Extreme Dealership

2004-2008
Kasea Dealership
2004-2008
Kymco Dealership

2012-Current
Cohen Inv, LLC/Binyanim, LLC/Cohen Investment Group, LLC/Dirot, LLC/Balboa, LLC/Shemesh, LLC-Managing member Director of private money real estate lender, real estate developer, investment property manager, real estate mortgage & finance

2014-Current
San Fernando Realty Real estate investment director California
Bureau Real Estate (401949874)

2011-Current
Credit 55, Inc. — President of an Automobile financing corporation
2017
Treasurer of the iLead Encino Charter School Board
2018-Current
SoCal RV’s & Recreational Toys — Administrator of a Facebook page

2018-Current
Passed the California DMV dealer exam

2018
Treasurer of the Westlake Trails Property Owners’ Association

2019-Current
4141 INC — Licensed Automobile Dealer

2022
Treasurer of the Vantage Office Condominiums’ Association Inc.
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
1984
Gemologist certificate from Gemological Institute of America — Diamond and color stone grading

1985-2013
Wholesale and Retail Dealer License

2016 &2018
Dealer Education Seminar

2019
Dealer Education Seminar & Red Flag Rules Training, Temporary DMV Tag Training

2019-Current
Licensed Automobile Dealer
AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE
Plaintiff and defense/Appraisals/Industry standards/Dealership training and guidance with all compliance, industry regulations and dealership related transactions, dealership operation, and practices, Dealer fraud/Vehicles sales and leasing/Dealership practices/ New and used automobile transactions/Auto warranty issues/Finance documentation and analysis/Lender-Dealer relationships/Wholesale & Retail/Diminished value cases, providing, automobile and equipment rental, boats, motorcycles, ATV’s, personal watercraft, heavy equipment, tractors, bobcats,Industry Standards & Practices specializing in New and Used Car Dealership Operation. Areas of Expertise include: Sales, Leasing, Financing, Service
& Parts and Sales Training. He has provided Expert Witness Services since 1995. Subject Matter Includes: Dealer Fraud, Lemon Law, Employment, Dealer-Manufacturer Relations,
Dealer-Lender Relations, Customer Relations, Standards of Care, Advertising, Warranty Issues, Parts Defects, Discrimination, Personal Injury, Repossession, Anti-Trust Issues,
Unfair Business Practices, Single Document Rule, Document Disclosure – “Stacking”, Spanish Contracts, Finance Reserve, “Payment-Packing” “Purchase/Lease Flip”, Rental
Disclosure Sales, Closing and Desk Procedures, “4-Squares”, California AB 68, U.C.C. Warranties, Deferred Down Payments, Regulations M & Z, Wholesale Procedures,
Reconditioning of Used Cars, Safety Inspections, “Standards of Care”, Title History, Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Wrongful Death, Class Actions, Song-Beverly Lemon
Law, Moss-Magnussen Act, Used Car Disclosures, Buyers Guide, Liens, Auto Impound, Auto Storage, Payroll, Commissions. Sales Tax, Trucking &Transportation, Dealership
Accounting, Environmental regulations, hazards and contamination, Bankruptcy matters and proceedings, criminal matters, mechanical and performance, fraud. Automobile and
equipment rentals.

EDUCATION
Grant High School, Valley Glen, CA

LANGUAGES
English
Hebrew
Farsi
Spanish

Areas of expertise include:
Plaintiff and defense/Appraisals/Industry standards/Dealer fraud/Vehicles sales and leasing/Dealership practices/New and used automobile transactions/Auto warranty issues/Finance documentation and analysis/Lender-Dealer relationships/Wholesale & Retail/Diminished value cases, automobile and equipment rental, boats, motorcycles, ATV’s, personal watercraft.

Publications:

2020-2-21-Washington Post article – Jack Cohen was interviewed for this article.pdf