​​​​​​​Rob Cohen


Past President

Rob Cohen recently started his own law firm - Rob Cohen, PLC.  Rob started with Auto Advisory Services (AAS) in 1994 as a law clerk. He worked as an auditor, staff attorney, and managing partner. Rob then served as president of AAS from 2006 to 2014, and chairman from 2014 to 2018. Rob sold AAS to KPA Services, LLC. in May of 2018. Rob was a co-founder of Motor Vehicle Software Corporation (MVSC) which, in 2007, launched DMVdesk, the industry’s first comprehensive vehicle registration management system. In 2015, Rob sold his interest in MVSC to Accel-KKR. Rob joined Arent Fox, LLP in 2011 and is currently Senior Automotive Counsel for the firm’s Automotive Industry Practice.

Rob worked as a car salesman and did F&I during law school. He received his B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and then went on to earn his J.D. from Whittier College, School of Law.

Rob is a founding director and past-president of the National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC) and co-authored the top-selling Automotive Dealership Information Safeguards Manual, the Automotive Dealership Identity Theft Guide, the Automotive Dealership Red Flags Rule Guidebook, as well as Auto Dealer Law, First Ed. 

Contact: rob@robcohen.law or 714.393.6624.