Stanley Cohen

Stanley Cohen (born 1950) is an American attorney and political activist. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family, he describes himself as "an advocate for many people the government would like to silence or put in jail."
He has represented members of Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as a relative of Osama Bin Laden, and detainees at Guantanamo Bay. In 2014 he pleaded guilty to tax charges and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, resulting in suspension of his law license.
Cohen said, in 2023, he has maintained contact with Hamas leaders on legal matters. He described Ismail Haniyeh as "warm, loving, and principled."
He has written a series of opinion pieces for Al Jazeera English.