Marshall A. Cohen is counsel to the law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. He is also a director of a number of other companies, including Barrick Gold Corporation, American International Group, Inc., Lafarge North America, Inc., Premcor, Inc. and Collins & Aikman Corporation. Cohen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a master's degree in law from York University. Cohen also holds an honorary doctorate in law from York University and was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1992.