PHILADELPHIA, August 18, 2014 – Forty-one Cozen O’Connor lawyers from eight of the firm’s national offices have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Attorneys were selected based on a rigorous peer-review of more than 4.3 million detailed evaluations. The list will be included in publications such as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and New York magazine. This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Additionally, Bruce Maffeo and James Williams were singled out as a Best Lawyers® 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Maffeo was recognized for Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar  work in New York City and Williams was recognized for his Real Estate practice in Philadelphia.

Cherry Hill

Ira G. Megdal (Energy Law)

Denver

Brad W. Breslau (Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)

Houston

A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management)

Miami

Richard M. Dunn (Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants – Aviation Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)

Martin T. Schrier (Corporate Law)

New York

David Y. Loh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)

J. Bruce Maffeo (Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)

Christopher Raleigh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)

Philadelphia

Neal D. Colton (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law – Chapter 12; Commercial; Committee Representation; Creditors’ Rights; Debtors’ Rights; Lender Liability; Liquidations; Litigation; Out-of-Court Workouts; Trustee Representation; Workouts and Restructurings; Litigation – Bankruptcy)

Leonard J. Cooper (Trusts and Estates)

Stephen A. Cozen (Insurance Law)

H. Robert Fiebach (Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Securities)

Brian P. Flaherty (Commercial Litigation)

Mark J. Foley (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)

Robert I. Friedman (Trusts and Estates)

Thomas J. Gallagher III (Tax Law – Corporate; Financial Products; Partnership; Private Equity Funds; REITs; Restructurings; Tax Disputes; Tax Planning; Transactions)

Mark H. Gallant (Health Care Law)

Henry A. Gladstone (Corporate Law)

Edward M. Glickman (Trusts and Estates)

David R. Glyn (Trusts and Estates)

Michael J. Heller (Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law)

F. Warren Jacoby (Commercial Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Construction)

Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates – Estate Planning; Insurance Planning; Real Estate; Succession Planning; Wealth Management)

Sarah A. Kelly (Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)

Raymond A. Kresge (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)

Bernard Lee (Real Estate Law)

Deborah M. Minkoff (Insurance Law)

Francis Patrick Newell (Antitrust Law)

Jeffrey I. Pasek (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)

James R. Potts (Insurance Law – Regulatory)

Jason M. Shargel (Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

Robert A. Silverman (Real Estate Law)

Jeffrey G. Weil (Commercial Litigation)

James R. Williams (Real Estate Law – Commercial, Tax Certiorari)

Washington, D.C.

Barry Boss (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)

Marc J. Fink (Admiralty and Maritime Law – Administrative; Bills of Lading; Charter Parties; Commercial; Contract; Federal Maritime Commission; Litigation; Regulatory; U.S. Cargo Preference and Cabotage Laws)

Jeffrey F. Lawrence (Admiralty and Maritime Law)

Stanley O. Sher (Admiralty and Maritime Law)

West Conshohocken

Patrick J. O’Connor (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)

Margaret Gallagher Thompson (Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates)

William J. Winning (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)

About Cozen O’Connor

Established in 1970, Cozen O’Connor has 575 attorneys who help clients manage risk and make better business decisions. The firm counsels clients on their most sophisticated legal matters in all areas of the law, including litigation, corporate, and regulatory law. Representing a broad array of leading global corporations and middle market companies, Cozen O’Connor serves its clients’ needs through 23 offices across two continents.