H. Robert Fiebach

Senior Counsel

H. Robert Fiebach joined Cozen O’Connor in February 1995. He is senior counsel to the firm's Commercial Litigation Department and co-chair of the firm's Legal Malpractice Group. 

In addition to his trial experience, Robert is an accomplished appellate advocate. He has successfully handled many appeals within his practice areas in the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He has also successfully handled appeals in the Federal Courts of Appeal for the Second and Fourth Circuits. Robert has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995 in four categories and was selected by Best Lawyers as its Philadelphia Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2014, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyer of the Year for 2021, and Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2025.

Robert sits on the boards of The Defender Association and the American Jewish Committee of Philadelphia. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is a past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, past chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability and has been biographed in Who's Who's American Law, Chambers USA Guide, and has been named a 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. He earned both his undergraduate degree (B.A., 1961) and his law degree (LL.B., cum laude, 1964) from the University of Pennsylvania. He was the research editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Additionally, Robert was president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association from 1993-1994.

Experience

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys in its Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition

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.

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to its Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers selected 232 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.

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

August 22, 2022

210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

49 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 01, 2022

Super Lawyers has selected 49 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

47 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 28, 2021

Super Lawyers has selected 47 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

PBA Names 2020 Commission on Women in the Profession (WIP) Award on Behalf of H. Robert Fiebach

March 11, 2021

The Pennsylvania Bar Association has named its 2020 Commission on Women in the Profession (WIP) Award on behalf of H. Robert Fiebach, senior counsel in Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department and co-chair of the firm’s Legal Malpractice Group.

Nine Cozen O’Connor Lawyers Named 2021 “Lawyers of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America

August 20, 2020

Cozen O’Connor is proud to announce that nine of the firm’s lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practices by Best Lawyers in America.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Fifty-Eight Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 05, 2020

Super Lawyers has selected 58 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

64 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 21, 2019

Super Lawyers has selected 64 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Publications

Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition

February 23, 2017

Jennifer McHugh and Robert Fiebach, attorneys in the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, a chapter titled “Issue and Claim Preclusion” in the prestigious legal series Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition.

Ballard Spahr a Victor in Suit Filed Against it by Potential Client [The Legal Intelligencer]

June 11, 2008

A Montgomery County jury vindicated Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll Monday in a breach of fiduciary duty suit brought against the firm by a man seeking between $17 million to $30 million in lost profits plus interest and punitive damages.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

2023 WIP Annual Conference

May 04, 2023 - Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Bar Association: Midyear Meeting 2011

February 02, 2011 - Key West, FL

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1964
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1961

Awards & Honors

Chambers & Partners USA 2011-2017

Best Lawyers in America 1995-2025

Best Lawyers in AmericaPhiladelphia Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year 2014; Legal Malpractice - Defendants Lawyer of the Year 2021; Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year 2025

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2022

American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell, Top Rated Lawyer in Appellate Law 2014

  • Pennsylvania
  • American Bar Association
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association