What We Do Is Who We Are

Your accomplishments speak for you. At Cozen O’Connor, they speak for us, too. For over 40 years, we have defined ourselves by our clients’ success. In an industry built on talk, we’ve made our name by doing. And as a full-service firm, we’ve helped guide and protect countless clients with the comprehensive spectrum of our legal services, and a steadfast dedication that has made us one of the top law firms in the country. Whatever the task, however complicated the situation, our attorneys are prepared to guide you in your every endeavor.

Spotlight

Prev Next

Mark J. Foley and A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. recognized among "The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys"

Mark J. Foley and A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. have been recognized among “The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys – Top 100” by Human Resource Executive magazine. The list is compiled based on evaluations by clients and peers, as well as independent research by Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon, a nationally recognized networking site for lawyers and clients. The list honors “lawyers who represent excellence in their craft and profession and have made the greatest impact in the prior year."MORE

Cozen O’Connor Opens Minneapolis Office with the Addition of Eight Lateral Attorneys

The firm announced it is opening a Minneapolis office with transactional and commercial litigation attorneys from Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP. Thomas Wallrich, Steven Silton, Thomas Kane, Peter Crema, Nadia Hasan, Heather Marx, Joel Nesset and Kristi Zentner are all joining the firm as members.MORE

Cozen O’Connor Recognized Among Best Law Firm Corporate Practices

The Legal Intelligencer announced Cozen O’Connor is among the top law firms recognized in its first ever Best Law Firm Corporate Practices contest. Submissions highlighted work done in the commonwealth and throughout the country by Pennsylvania lawyers. MORE

Cozen O’Connor Earns Client Recognition in 2013 Chambers USA Rankings

PHILADELPHIA – May 26, 2013 – Chambers USA has recognized 29 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their fields; five attorneys were recognized nationally and five were ranked in the top band. MORE

Sports Law for Rookies and Veterans

Cozen O’Connor and Brewer Sports International sponsor this conference on sports law featuring speakers from the Minnesota Twins, Timberwolves and Vikings, bestselling sports author Ross Bernstein and NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, among others. The keynote address will be delivered by CEO of Steinberg Sports and Entertainment Leigh Steinberg. Steven Silton, who recently joined Cozen O’Connor, will moderate a number of the panels, including Sports, Law & the Media, and It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times: The Year in Scandals.MORE

David Shimkin Recognized as a “2013 Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal

An esteemed panel of attorneys selected David, a member of the Litigation Section, for the annual list, which honors a select group of attorneys under 45 years of age. MORE

Cozen O’Connor’s Charitable Foundation Recognized for Its Charitable Contributions

The Cozen O’Connor Foundation’s support of local, national and nonprofit organizations was recognized for its generosity by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Among the other corporations receiving corporate philanthropy awards were Wal-Mart, Comcast and US Airways. MORE

From Our Blogs

Prev Next

Supreme Court Nixes Use of DMV Records to Solicit Class Action Plaintiffs

6/18/2013 4:51:57 PM -05:00

The Supreme Court held yesterday that attorneys who use personal information from motor vehicle records to solicit class action plaintiffs do not fall within the “litigation” exception to a federal driver’s privacy law. In...
Class Action Defense Review 6/18/2013MORE

IRS' Tea Party - When a Federal Agency Improperly Targets an Organization

6/18/2013 3:30:00 PM -05:00

By Hayes Hunt and Jeffrey M. Monhait The focus on the political consequences of the Internal Revenue Service scandal has overshadowed a troubling reality that a federal agency targeted specific groups of people for discriminatory treatment. In...
From the Sidebar 6/18/2013MORE

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 18, 2013

6/18/2013 3:29:22 PM -05:00

Last week the House Committee on Ways & Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on Medicare overhaul proposals affecting post-acute care; the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) wrote to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan announcin...
Hot Button Blog 6/18/2013MORE

TSA Drops Plan to Allow Carry-On Knives

6/18/2013 7:29:45 PM +00:00

TSA Administrator John Pistole recently dropped the TSA’s proposed plan to allow passengers to carry pocket knives and other small knives (2.36 inches or less in length, and no more than ½ inch wide) onto aircraft. Currently all knives an...
Aviation Law Advisor 6/18/2013MORE

Bad Faith Claims Permitted Against Self-Insured Employers In Iowa – “Fairly Debatable” Defense Precludes Finding This Time

6/17/2013 8:51:37 PM +00:00

A federal trial court in Iowa confirmed that first-party bad faith claims may be cognizable against both insurers and self-insured employers. In Spencer v. Annett Holdings, Inc., 905 F.Supp.2d 953 (S.D. Iowa, Nov. 27, 2012), an over-the-road...
Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith 6/17/2013MORE

New York Court of Appeals to Insurers: If You Breach Your Duty to Defend, You May Lose Your Defenses to Indemnification

6/14/2013 8:14:20 PM +00:00

The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, recently held that an insurer that breached its duty to defend could not later rely on otherwise applicable exclusions to deny coverage for indemnification. Under this apparently new rule,...
Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith 6/14/2013MORE

Employees Have Accepted Their Big Brother

6/14/2013 9:48:26 AM -05:00

Have we finally reached the point where employees not only accept, but actually like when their employers monitor their computer activities? Really? Well, maybe “like” is a bit of a stretch still, but employees have apparently accepted...
Social Media Employment Law Blog 6/14/2013MORE

Connecticut Court Confronts Duty to Investigate

6/13/2013 4:50:04 PM +00:00

In Capstone Building Corp. v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 2013 Conn. LEXIS 187 (Conn. June 11, 2013), the Supreme Court of Connecticut declined to recognize a cause of action for an insurer’s alleged bad faith conduct in investigating a general...
Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith 6/13/2013MORE

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 12, 2013

6/12/2013 12:16:39 PM -05:00

Discussions around reforming Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) continued this week as the Committee on Energy & Commerce held a hearing to solicit input on a draft bill for replacing the current SGR formula; the Ways and Mean...
Hot Button Blog 6/12/2013MORE

Ever Had A Common Law Bad Faith Claim Dismissed?

6/12/2013 1:43:11 PM +00:00

A federal trial court in Tennessee confirmed what has been the law in Tennessee for almost thirty years: no tort of bad faith exists between an insurer and its insured. In Westfield Ins. Co. v. RLP Partners, LLC, 2013 WL 2383608 (M.D.Tenn. May...
Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith 6/12/2013MORE