PHILADELPHIA, August 17, 2023 — Best Lawyers selected 233 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).
Twenty-one attorneys were recognized for the first time in the 2024 publication, including Christopher J. Bellini, Marla Benedek, Gregory S. Bloshinsky, Ira Bodenstein, Elizabeth J. Carpenter, William F. Davis, J.C. Ditzler, Gregory F. Fischer, Joshua I. Goldenberg, Abigail M. Green, Natalie Keusseyan, Jonathan K. Kitchen, Patrick Lynch, Michele Ballard Miller, Jeffery R. Mullen, Karl Neumann, Neil A. Quartaro, R. Christopher Raphaely, Rebekah R. Shapiro, Keturah Taylor, and Julie L. Trester.
Additionally, Susan N. Eisenberg (Litigation – Labor and Employment), Bruce W. Ficken (Construction Law), Jeremiah G. Garvey (Securities / Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law), Thomas S. Giotto (Labor Law – Management), Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise Law), Thomas A. Lisk (Government Relations Practice and Administrative / Regulatory Law), Kenan G. Loomis (Litigation – Insurance), Joseph F. Quinn (Litigation – Labor and Employment), and Stephen M. Seeger (Construction Law) were designated as Best Lawyers® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year.”
These awards are 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.
Atlanta
Luciana Aquino (Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Elliot Kerzner (Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Danielle Le Jeune (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Kenan G. Loomis (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Alycen A. Moss (Insurance Law)
Boca Raton
Gregory S. Bloshinsky (Trusts and Estates)
Margo K. Ceresney (Trusts and Estates) Ones to Watch
Howard S. Krooks (Elder Law)
Ellen S. Morris (Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates)
Stuart R. Morris (Trusts and Estates)
Boston
Wendy K. Venoit (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
Boulder
Curtis A. Vock (Patent Law)
Cherry Hill
Michael J. Connolly (Energy Law)
Gregory Eisenstark (Energy Law)
Thomas McKay III (Insurance Law)
Chicago
Ira Bodenstein (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy)
Jack J. Carriglio (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Janet R. Davis (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Matthew DiCianni (Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Amy M. Doig (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance Law, and Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
David R. Doyle (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Gary L. Gassman (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Tia C. Ghattas (Commercial Litigation)
Jeremy J. Glenn (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
Allen J. Guon (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Corey Hickman (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Jonathan Levy (Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Elizabeth A. Olivera (Immigration Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Peter J. Roberts (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Elisabeth C. Ross (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Christina M. Sanfelippo (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Brian Shaw (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy)
Joseph E. Tilson (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Julie L. Trester (Employment Law – Management)
Anna Wermuth (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
Dallas
Donnie Mike Apodaca II (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
William Craven (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Alicia G. Curran (Insurance Law)
Stephen M. Halbeisen (Construction Law and Insurance Law)
Andrew T. Hepworth (Commercial Litigation and Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
Suzanne C. Radcliff (Insurance Law)
Harrisburg
David P. Zambito (Energy Law)
Houston
David L. Barron (Employment Law – Management)
Aaron Holt (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Stephen P. Pate (Insurance Law)
Nandini Sane (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Nicole Su (Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Mediation)
Joseph A. Ziemianski (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Los Angeles
Elizabeth J. Carpenter (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Maria Louise Cousineau (Litigation – Insurance)
Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise Law)
Natalie Keusseyan (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Angel Marti III (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Howard D. Maycon (Litigation – Insurance)
Brett Nicole Taylor (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Miami
Arielle Eisenberg (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Susan N. Eisenberg (Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James A. Gale (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law, and Trade Secrets Law)
Jonathan E. Gale (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Technology Law) Ones to Watch
Benjamin L. Keime (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction) Ones to Watch
Samuel A. Lewis (Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, and Technology Law)
Ralf R. Rodriguez (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
Martin T. Schrier (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Minneapolis
Christopher J. Bellini (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Cassandra Jacobsen (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Steven P. Katkov (Real Estate Law)
Edgar G. Rapoport (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law) Ones to Watch
Thomas G. Wallrich (Real Estate Law)
New York
Melissa Brill (Insurance Law)
William F. Davis (Real Estate Law)
Michael A. DeRosa (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Laura Dowgin (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Geoffrey D. Ferrer (Admiralty and Maritime Law and Transportation Law)
Benjamin Friedman (Trusts and Estates) Ones to Watch
John S. Ho (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Jonathan K. Kitchen (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Daniel Levin (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
J. Bruce Maffeo (Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Farrell J. Miller (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Andrew S. Paliotta (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Anupama Prasad (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Frank Pugliese (Information Technology Law and Technology Law)
Neil A. Quartaro (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Christopher Raleigh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Emily Shoor (Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Philadelphia
Dylan Alper (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Andrew Baer (Technology Law)
Paul Bartolacci (Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs)
Joseph C. Bedwick (Corporate Law)
Leigh Ann Benson (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Isaac A. Binkovitz (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Joseph C. Bright (Tax Law)
Brian D. Burack (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Richard J. Busis (Corporate Law)
Jason A. Cabrera (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Robert M. Careless (Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Kara Eileen Cheever (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Jonathan M. Ciriello (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Stephen A. Cozen (Insurance Law)
Alfred J. D'Angelo, Jr. (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
Raymond L. DeLuca (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
Jay A. Dorsch (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Elliott R. Feldman (Commercial Litigation)
Bruce W. Ficken (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
H. Robert Fiebach (Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation – Real Estate, and Litigation – Securities)
Brian P. Flaherty (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Environmental)
Eric D. Freed (Insurance Law)
Robert I. Friedman (Trusts and Estates)
Mark H. Gallant (Health Care Law)
Henry A. Gladstone (Corporate Law)
Edward M. Glickman (Trusts and Estates)
Joshua I. Goldenberg (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Josh M. Greenbaum (Construction Law)
Howard Grossman (Real Estate Law)
Daniel Q. Harrington (Insurance Law)
Robert S. Hawkins (Employment Law – Management)
James H. Heller (Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Michael J. Heller (Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law)
Kevin J. Hughes (Insurance Law)
Hayes A. Hunt (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Fred Warren Jacoby (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction)
Daniel V. Johns (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates)
Sandra L. Kelly (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Sarah A. Kelly (Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Stephen Kempa (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Philip G. Kircher (Commercial Litigation)
Raymond A. Kresge (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James M. Kwartnik (Construction Law)
Larry P. Laubach (Corporate Law)
Jeffrey A. Leonard (Real Estate Law)
Alexa Lettiere (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Daniel R. Levine (Trusts and Estates) Ones to Watch
Lester E. Lipschutz (Trusts and Estates)
Elizabeth A. Malloy (Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law)
Christopher McLoon (Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, and Tax Law)
Stephen A. Miller (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Deborah M. Minkoff (Appellate Practice and Insurance Law)
Jeffery R. Mullen (Construction Law) Ones to Watch
Mark T. Mullen (Insurance Law)
Nicolas A. Novy (Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Mark Opalisky (Insurance Law)
Jeffrey I. Pasek (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
R. Christopher Raphaely (Health Care Law)
Frances P. Rayer (Immigration Law)
Kira Rivera (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law) Ones to Watch
Andrew J. Rolfes (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Colleen Rush (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Danielle E. Sapega (Health Care Law) Ones to Watch
Heidi R. Schwartz (Tax Law) Ones to Watch
Jason M. Shargel (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Benjamin L. Shechtman (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Adam M. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
Robert A. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
Cheryl A. Upham (Tax Law)
George A. Voegele, Jr. (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Joshua C. Weinberger (Tax Law)
Matthew I. Weinstein (Real Estate Law)
Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. (Commercial Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants)
Benjamin I. Wilkoff (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
James R. Williams (Real Estate Law)
Thomas P. Witt (Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law)
Eli S. Wolfe (Corporate Law, Insurance Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law) Ones to Watch
Pittsburgh
Peter J. Ennis (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James W. Forsyth (Tax Law)
Jeremiah G. Garvey (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, and Venture Capital Law)
Eugene A. Giotto (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Health Care, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Thomas S. Giotto (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Abigail M. Green (Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Tiffany A. Jenca (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Molly L. Kremer (Health Care Law) Ones to Watch
Jason Kreps (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch
Brock E. McCandless (Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Mariah L. Passarelli (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
Seth Popick (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Joseph F. Quinn (Employment Law – Management, and Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
Richmond
Jerry W. Kilgore (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Consumer Protection Law, and Government Relations Practice)
Thomas A. Lisk (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Gaming Law, and Government Relations Practice)
San Diego
Kevin D. Bush (Litigation – Insurance)
Craig A. Schloss (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
San Francisco
Brett C. Greving (Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Michele Ballard Miller (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
Rebekah R. Shapiro (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Walter M. Stella (Employment Law – Management)
Santa Monica
Frank Gooch III (Litigation – Insurance)
Jonathan S. Gross (Real Estate Law)
Paul S. Rutter (Real Estate Law)
Peter E. Swain (Real Estate Law)
Seattle
Frank Abramonte (Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, and Patent Law)
Peter Berg (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
J.C. Ditzler (Insurance Law)
William F. Knowles (Insurance Law)
Lorraine Linford (Patent Law and Trademark Law)
Patrick Lynch (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Jodi McDougall (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance)
Karl Neumann (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Washington, D.C.
James Billings-Kang (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Barry Boss (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Rebecca Brodey (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar) Ones to Watch
Eric J. DeBear (Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Michael E. Deutsch (Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
R. Alex DuFour II (Real Estate Law)
Siran S. Faulders (Administrative / Regulatory Law and Education Law)
Lauren M. Gibbons (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Ones to Watch
Daniel W. Hardwick (Real Estate Law)
Grier Hoyt (Real Estate Law)
Jesse S. Keene (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
Jeffrey F. Lawrence (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Hugh J. Marbury (Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
Milton A. Marquis (Litigation – Antitrust)
Anne E. Mickey (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Meridith H. Moldenhauer (Real Estate Law)
Bernard Nash (Administrative / Regulatory Law)
G. Evan Pritchard (Real Estate Law)
Lawrence M. Prosen (Arbitration, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Mediation)
Stephen M. Seeger (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
Jackson C. Siegal (Land Use and Zoning Law) Ones to Watch
Keturah Taylor (Privacy and Data Security Law) Ones to Watch
Barbara Van Gelder (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Rachel Welford (Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
Benjamin L. Williams (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction) Ones to Watch
West Conshohocken
Andrea E. Hammel (Commercial Litigation)
Jonathan T. Hoffman (Family Law)
Nicholas A. Karwacki (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Patrick J. O'Connor (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation)
West Palm Beach
Chad A. Pasternack (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Alexandra J. Schultz (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Wilmington
Marla Benedek (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
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)
Gregory F. Fischer (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
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Established in 1970 and ranked among the top 100 law firms in America, Cozen O’Connor has more than 825 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 services its clients’ needs through 32 offices across two continents.