D. Paul Cohen is President of Cohen Independent Research Group. As founder of Bear Stearns Western Regional Offices, he was one of the original 12 Dirty Dozen analysts, regarded by many to be the top 12 security analysts in the nation. Mr. Cohen was also the West Coast Senior Vice President of CBWL-Hayden Stone-American Express. Mr. Cohen's partners were Sanford I. Weill (current Chairman and CEO of CitiGroup and past Chairman of Solomon Smith Barney) and Arthur Levitt (past Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Paul graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in undergraduate school, and attended New York University, graduate school in economics and finance.

Paul was John McEnroe's tennis coach and Venus and Serena Williams' tennis coach. Paul was instruction Editor for World Tennis Magazine for 15 years, and Advisory Davis Cup Coach for the Nation of Israel. Many of the world's great tennis players have taken lessons from Paul, including, Pete Sampras, Mike Chang, Harold Solomon, Billy Martin, Vitas Gerulaitis, Stan Smith, 12 former top 10 players ranked on the ATP men's tour, and 17 former United States National Junior Boy's tennis champions.