Recent Awards & News

September 2024: Cozen O'Connor once again has been named a Law360 Pennsylvania Powerhouse, honoring the litigation and transactional attorneys working across the firm’s four Pennsylvania offices

September 2024: Cozen O’Connor’s Corporate Practice has been selected by The American Lawyer as a 2024 Best Corporate Practice of the Year finalist

June 2024: Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, ranks 96 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2024 edition

May 2024: Cozen O'Connor Named 2024 Best Law Firm for Women and Diversity

March 2024: Cozen O’Connor named Law Firm of the Year Finalist by Legal Intelligencer

January 2024: Cozen O'Connor's cannabis practice selected as Law360 Practice Group of the Year

October 2023: Cozen O'Connor Again Achieves Mansfield Certification

October 2023: Cozen O’Connor Named to America’s Most Loved Workplaces Again

August 2023: Named Pennsylvania Powerhouse Law Firm by Law 360

July 2023: Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department Selected as a 2023 Litigation Department of the Year Finalist by The American Lawyer

July 2023: Legal 500 Recognizes Six Cozen O’Connor Practice Areas and 16 Attorneys in its 2023 Guide

June 2023: Eighty-eight Cozen O’Connor Lawyers, 23 Practices Earn Top Recognition in Chambers USA 2023 Guide

June 2023: Cozen O'Connor selected as one of the 2023 Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity by Seramount, recognizing best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting, and developing women lawyers and lawyers from underrepresented groups, including people of color

May 2023: Cozen O’Connor’s Intellectual Property Department and Co-Chair Camille Miller recognized by Patexia - Trademark Intelligence Report, a comprehensive report showcasing the best performing and most active trademark prosecution law firms and lawyers

February 2023: Six Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Chambers Global Rankings

February 2023: Intellectual Property Department Honored by World Trademark Review 2023

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