Avern Levin Cohn (July 23, 1924 – February 4, 2022) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Avern Levin Cohn
Michigan Eastern District Court
Born 1924 in Detroit, MI
Died 2022 in Royal Oak, MI
FJC ID: 471
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1979–2022
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1949–1979
U.S. Army1943–1946
Appointments
1979–2022 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1949- University of Michigan1943