Goldberg Segalla Leader to Leave Post for Childcare Duties (1)

Goldberg Segalla’s founding managing partner, Rick Cohen, is stepping away in the firm’s first-ever leadership changeover, citing the increased challenges of child care during the Covid-19 pandemic as a major reason for the decision.

Cohen’s announcement will kick off the initial phase of a larger leadership transition at the Buffalo-based firm. He will officially hand the reins to a managing partner to be recommended by the firm’s management committee early next year.

Cohen said child care had been difficult before the pandemic but that the majority of the burden fell on his wife. Seven of his nine children are at ...