PHILADELPHIA, August 22, 2018 – One hundred twenty-five Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 20 of the firm’s national offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition based entirely on a peer-review process. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. 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, Marc J. Fink (Admiralty and Maritime Law), Thomas J. Gallagher, III (Tax Law), Mark H. Gallant (Health Care Law), Jeremiah G. Garvey (Corporate Law), Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise), Mark A. Jacobson (Litigation-Antitrust), and James R. Williams (Real Estate Law) were designated as Best Lawyers® 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).
The full list of lawyers, by office, with practice area(s) indicated is:
Atlanta
Kenan G. Loomis (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Cherry Hill
Thomas McKay, III (Insurance Law)
Ira G. Megdal (Energy Law)
Chicago
Jack J. Carriglio (Commercial Litigation)
Janet R. Davis (Insurance Law)
Richard A. Devine (Commercial Litigation)
Gary L. Gassman (Insurance Law)
Joseph E. Tilson (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Anna Wermuth (Labor Law- Management)
Dallas
Alicia G. Curran (Insurance Law)
Suzanne C. Radcliff (Insurance Law)
Denver
Brad W. Breslau (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
Houston
Dave L. Barron (Employment Law- Management)
Stephen P. Pate (Insurance Law)
A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Joseph A. Ziemianski (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Los Angeles
Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise Law)
Miami
Susan N. Eisenberg (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James A. Gale (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law)
Jeffrey C. Gilbert (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate)
Jahan S. Islami (International Mergers & Acquisitions)
Charles C. Kline (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law, Insurance Law)
Samuel A. Lewis (Information Technology Law, Technology Law)
Martin T. Schrier (Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Jennifer T. Williams (Employment Law – Management)
Minneapolis
Patrick J. Gallagher (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trademark Law)
Mark A. Jacobson (Litigation Antitrust, Intellectual Property)
Thomas P. Kane (Products Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Tina A. Syring (Employment Law – Management)
New York
Melissa Brill (Insurance Law)
William Y. Crowell, III (Government Relations Practice)
Geoffrey Ferrer (Admiralty and Maritime Law, Transportation Law)
John Ho (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Christopher B. Kende (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Jeffrey B. Kolodny (Trusts and Estates)
David Y. Loh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
J. Bruce Maffeo (Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Christopher Raleigh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Philadelphia
Joseph C. Bright (Tax Law)
Dennis L. Cohen (Tax Law)
Leonard J. Cooper (Trusts and Estates)
Stephen A. Cozen (Insurance Law)
Alfred J. D’Angelo, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Raymond L. DeLuca (Construction Law)
Jay A. Dorsch (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Bruce W. Ficken (Construction Law, Litigation – Construction)
H. Robert Fiebach (Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Securities)
Brian P. Flaherty (Commercial Litigation)
Robert I. Friedman (Trusts and Estates)
Thomas J. Gallagher, III (Tax Law)
Mark H. Gallant (Health Care Law)
Henry A. Gladstone (Corporate Law)
Edward M. Glickman (Trusts and Estates)
David R. Glyn (Trusts and Estates)
Josh M. Greenbaum (Construction Law)
Howard Grossman (Real Estate Law)
Michael J. Hanlon (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Robert S. Hawkins (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
James H. Heller (Commercial Litigation)
Michael J. Heller (Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law)
Kevin J. Hughes (Insurance Law)
Hayes Hunt (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
F. Warren Jacoby (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction)
Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates)
Sarah A. Kelly (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Philip G. Kircher (Commercial Litigation)
Raymond A. Kresge (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Larry P. Laubach (Corporate Law)
Bernard Lee (Real Estate Law)
Jeffrey A. Leonard (Real Estate Law)
Lester E. Lipschutz (Trusts and Estates)
Elizabeth A. Malloy (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment)
Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law)
Deborah M. Minkoff (Insurance Law)
Mark T. Mullen (Insurance Law)
Jeffrey I. Pasek (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James R. Potts (Insurance Law)
Frances P. Rayer (Immigration Law)
Megan Susan Scheib (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Jason M. Shargel (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Robert A. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
George A. Voegele (Litigation – Labor & Employment)
Jeffrey G. Weil (Commercial Litigation)
Joshua C. Weinberger (Tax Law)
James R. Williams (Real Estate Law)
Thomas P. Witt (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
Pittsburgh
Brian Balonick (Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Peter J. Ennis (Litigation- Labor & Employment)
James W. Forsyth (Tax Law)
Jeremiah G. Garvey (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation)
Eugene A. Giotto (Products Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Thomas S. Giotto (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
William Moorhead (Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Health Care)
Joseph F. Quinn (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
John H. Wilson (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
San Diego
Kevin Bush (Litigation – Insurance)
Thomas M. Regan (Insurance Law0
Craig Schloss (Litigation – Labor & Employment)
San Francisco
Julia A. Molander (Insurance Law)
Santa Monica
Richard H. Close (Land Use and Zoning Law)
Jonathan S. Gross (Real Estate Law)
Diane J. Hvolka (Real Estate Law)
Donald C. Nanney (Environmental Law)
Paul S. Rutter (Real Estate Law)
Seattle
Frank Abramonte (Information Technology Law, Copyright, Patent)
Thomas M. Jones (Insurance Law)
Lorraine Linford (Patent Law, Trademark Law)
Jodi McDougall (Commercial Litigation)
Washington, D.C.
Barry Boss (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Marc J. Fink (Admiralty and Maritime Law, Transportation Law)
Daniel W. Hardwick (Real Estate Law)
Jerry W. Kilgore (Criminal Defense: White Collar, Government Relations Practice)
Jeffrey F. Lawrence (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Hugh J. Marbury (Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants)
Milton Marquis (Litigation – Antitrust)
Bernard Nash (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice)
Stanley O. Sher (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Barbara Van Gelder (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
West Conshohocken
Jonathan Hoffman (Family Law)
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)
West Palm Beach, FL
Thomas A. Dye (Commercial Litigation)
Wilmington
John T. Carroll III (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Mark E. Felger (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)