13 Facts About Sandy Cohen

Sanford "Sandy" Cohen is a fictional character on the FOX series The OC.

Sandy Cohen was originally a public defender, which brought him into contact with troubled teen, Ryan Atwood, whom he eventually adopted and took on as his own after Ryan's mother abandoned him.

Sandy Cohen has since gone into private practice in a law firm, before going to start his own law firm, taking over his late father-in-law's company, the Newport Group, returning to being a defense lawyer after Seth accidentally burned down the Newport Group headquarters, and finally becoming a Law professor.

Sandy Cohen campaigned for the Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale in 1984, while his wife Kirsten Cohen supported the Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan.

Sandy Cohen's blue-collar, single-parent-upbringing in The Bronx contrasts with that of his wife Kirsten.

Sandy Cohen usually does not fail to make known his distaste for the shallow, materialistic and pampered ways of his contemporaries who were born and bred in that lifestyle, even going so far as to describe Harbor School teachers as "preppy little savages" and calling the housewives' social gatherings "Newpsie Conventions".

Sandy Cohen prefers to let his children learn the error of their ways by experiencing the consequences themselves.

Sandy Cohen has a mainly stable relationship with Kirsten and Seth, albeit with the occasional problem surfacing.

Not long afterwards, when Rachel and Sandy Cohen were working late in her apartment, she indeed makes a play for him, but he rejects her advances.

Rebecca Bloom, an old flame of Sandy Cohen's, came back into their lives, causing difficulties between him and Kirsten.

Sandy Cohen has had many new problems with the underhanded nature of business in the real estate world in his new job as CEO of the Newport Group.

Frank wants to see Ryan, so Sandy Cohen tells Ryan who refuses.

Sandy Cohen finds a mail truck, exactly the same model as the one that both of them lived in Berkeley, while his real present to her was two first-class tickets around the world.