PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2024 — Best Lawyers selected 242 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
Additionally, H. Robert Fiebach (Litigation – Real Estate), Thomas S. Giotto (Litigation – Labor and Employment), Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law), Dustin McDaniel (Government Relations Practice), Cheryl A. Upham (Tax Law), and Wendy K. Venoit (Arbitration) were designated as Best Lawyers 2025 “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, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Elliot Kerzner (Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Danielle Le Jeune (Commercial Litigation and 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)
Matthew Criscuolo ( Commercial Litigation)
Howard S. Krooks (Elder Law and Trusts and Estates)
Ellen S. Morris (Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates)
Stuart R. Morris (Trusts and Estates)
Boston
Douglas Mackin (Construction Law) Ones to Watch
Wendy K. Venoit (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
Cherry Hill
Michael J. Connolly (Energy Law)
Gregory Eisenstark (Energy Law)
Thomas McKay Ill (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)
Mark Willekes Cronin (Mergers and Acquisitions Law) Ones to Watch
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)
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 and Litigation – Bankruptcy)
Corey Hickman (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Abigail Horvat (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Jonathan Levy (Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Elizabeth A. Olivera (Immigration Law and Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Matthew F. Policastro (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Peter J. Roberts (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Christina M. Sanfelippo (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Brian L. 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 Trester (Employment Law – Management)
Anna Wermuth (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Dallas
Donnie Mike Apodaca II (Commercial Litigation and 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
Scott Mehok (Public Finance Law)
David 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
Christopher Tramonte (Insurance Law)
A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Mediation)
Joseph A. Ziemianski (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Little Rock
Dustin McDaniel (Government Relations Practice)
Los Angeles
David Berke (Insurance Law)
John H. Conrad (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction) Ones to Watch
Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise Law)
Marion T. Hack (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
Natalie Keusseyan (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Angel Marti (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Howard D. Maycon (Litigation – Insurance)
Brett Nicole Taylor (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Miami
Jordan Chisolm (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
J. Kent Crocker (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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
Samuel A. Lewis (Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, and Technology Law)
Joseph F. Rich (Litigation – Insurance)
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)
Paul Hallgren (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Cassandra Jacobsen (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Steven P. Katkov (Real Estate Law)
Heather L. Marx (Commercial Litigation)
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
Francis Bergold (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Beatrice Bottini (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law) Ones to Watch
Melissa Brill (Insurance Law)
Kerry T. Cooperman (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
William F. Davis (Real Estate Law)
Michael A. DeRosa (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Rebecca Eschen (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
John R. Ewell (Appellate Practice, Construction Law, and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Geoffrey D. Ferrer (Admiralty and Maritime Law and Transportation Law)
Benjamin A. Friedman (Trusts and Estates) Ones to Watch
John S. Ho (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Anupama Joglekar (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Richard D. Kalson (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
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
Ethan Price-Livingston (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Frank A. Pugliese (Information Technology Law and Technology Law)
Neil A. Quartaro (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Christopher Raleigh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Rafael Rivera (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Emily Shoor (Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Philadelphia
Dylan Alper (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Paul Bartolacci (Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs)
Brian D. Burack (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Jennifer A. Brandt (Family Law)
Joseph C. Bright (Tax Law)
Richard J. Busis (Corporate Law)
Jason 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 (Commercial Litigation and 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)
Thomas Finnegan (Construction Law) Ones to Watch
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 I. Grossman (Real Estate Law)
Melissa Grossman (Trusts and Estates)
Steven N. Haas (Corporate 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)
Helene S. Jaron (Trusts and Estates)
Daniel V. Johns (Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates)
Max Kaplan (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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)
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 S. McLoon (Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, and Tax Law)
Stephen A. Miller (Corporate Compliance Law and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Steven Millman (Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch
Deborah M. Minkoff (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
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)
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, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants)
Benjamin I. Wilkoff (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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
Jason Kreps (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch
Jesse Loffler (Commercial Litigation) 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 Governance and Compliance Law and Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
Joseph F. Quinn (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Andrew W. Reinhart (Railroad Law)
Laura L. Reinhart (Commercial Litigation and Railroad Law)
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
Craig A. Schloss (Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
San Francisco
Michele Ballard Miller (Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Brett C. Greving (Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Walter M. Stella (Employment Law – Management)
Santa Monica
Frank Gooch Ill (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)
Jodi McDougall (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance)
Karl Neumann (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Washington, D.C.
Christopher Allen (Consumer Protection Law)
James Billings-Kang (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
Barry Boss (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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)
James Grier Hoyt (Real Estate Law)
Thomas Ingalls (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Jesse S. Keene (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
Hugh J. Marbury (Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
Milton A. Marquis (Litigation – Antitrust)
Tatiana Mejia-Uribe (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Meridith H. Moldenhauer (Real Estate Law)
Bernard Nash (Administrative / Regulatory Law)
Lawrence M. Prosen (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
Stephen M. Seeger (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
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 (Commercial Litigation)
West Palm Beach, FL
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 Ill (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