Rob Cohen, President
Rob Cohen started with Auto Advisory Services in 1994 and he became President in 2006. Prior to devoting his full time effort to Auto Advisory Services, Rob represented dealers in litigation for four years.  Rob specialized in the defense of consumer claims and represented licensees before DMV administrative hearings.  He developed a strong background inside dealerships by working as a car salesman and doing F&I during law school. Rob 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 currently serves as President of the National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC), is editor of Transmission (Auto Advisory Services’ monthly newsletter), former editor of The Defender (the NADC newsletter), and has been published in Ward’s Dealer Business, Orange County Business Journal and F&I Management and Technology. He is a frequent speaker and trainer on a wide range of subjects pertaining to dealership sales and finance compliance. Rob co-authored the top-selling Automotive Dealership Information Safeguards Manual, the Automotive Dealership Identity Theft Guide, as well as the recently published Red Flags Rule Guidebook. 

Key Seminars:  Cash for Clunkers Hangover, NADC Fall Workshop, October 5, 2009. Cash for Clunkers: The Essential Details for Your Dealership/Making it Work, Complí (National Webinar), August 4, 2009. Dealership Information Sharing, NADC Member Conference, April 1, 2009. Red Flags Rule, Identity Theft Prevention Program Workshops, California, Colorado (multiple sessions), August – September, 2008. Compliance Exposure That Can Crush Your Dealership, NADA Conference, San Francisco, CA, February, 2008. Common But Potentially Dangerous F&I Practices, NADC F&I Workshop, Baltimore, MD, November, 2006; Changes for 2007, Reynolds and Reynolds University Online, November, 2006; F&I Matters, NADC Member Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2006; Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights Training, California (multiple sessions), May-June, 2005; Negative Equity Disclosure, NADC Member Conference, Atlanta, GA, April, 2005

Specific Areas of Expertise: Vehicle sales and finance practices, Truth in Lending Act/Regulation Z, Consumer Leasing Act/Regulation M, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (Red Flags Rule), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act/Regulation B, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (information sharing and FTC’s Privacy and Safeguards Rules), and identity theft detection and prevention.