Stephen B. Kerstein

Associate

Stephen’s practice focuses on representing insurer clients in general liability claims concerning property damage, premises liability, construction defects, automobile negligence, commercial disputes, and personal injuries. His work includes analyzing insurance policies as well as other commercial contracts, in order to advise clients of their first- and third-party coverage obligations in the wake of claims and lawsuits resulting in bodily injury and/or property damage.

Before joining Cozen O'Connor, Stephen was an associate with a midsized firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where he analyzed insurance policies, prepared coverage opinion letters, and defended insurer clients against a variety of claims.

Stephen earned his J.D., cum laude, from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, where he obtained a Certificate in Trial Advocacy and Litigation and was a staff editor of the Temple Law Review, as well as President of Temple’s Jewish Law Students Association and Treasurer of Temple’s Chapter of the American Constitution Society. He received his B.S. in public affairs from Indiana University.

Publications

Circuit Split Cracks the Foundation of Illinois Brick: The Co-Conspirator Exception’s Circuit Split Exposes Need to Overturn Illinois Brick’s Indirect Purchaser Rule But Uphold Hanover Shoe

November 25, 2021

Stephen Kerstein published the article “Circuit Split Cracks the Foundation of Illinois Brick: The Co-Conspirator Exception’s Circuit Split Exposes Need to Overturn Illinois Brick’s Indirect Purchaser Rule But Uphold Hanover Shoe” for the Industrial Organization: Regulation, Antitrust & Privatization eJournal Vol. 13, Issue No. 136.

Industry Sectors

Education

  • Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
  • Indiana University–Bloomington, B.S., 2019
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania

Louis D. Brandeis Law Society

Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel