Philip G. Kircher

Member

Philip G. Kircher handles a wide variety of complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts including securities, antitrust, shareholders' rights, business and real estate joint ventures, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duties and general breach of contract matters.

Philip has represented manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, doctors, food service operators, software designers, architects, engineers, constructors, schools, banks, state and local governments and others, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in courts, before agencies and in private arbitration.

Philip has been a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 2000 and is a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer." The National Law Journal has twice cited Philip's trial work in its annual listing of most significant verdicts.

Philip was managing editor of the Villanova Law Review and following law school clerked for the Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Philip is a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania SPCA and provides substantial pro bono legal services to a variety of animal rescue organizations.

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.

Philip Kircher Honored With the St. Thomas of Villanova Award for Pro Bono Service

October 26, 2023

Philip Kircher, a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been selected to receive the St. Thomas of Villanova Award for Pro Bono Service.

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.

42 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

May 24, 2023

Super Lawyers has selected 42 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

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.

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.

Fifty-four Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 12, 2018

Super Lawyers has named 54 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Publications

Federal Prosecutors Now Rebuked [Risk & Insurance]

October 15, 2006

Federal Prosecutors Now Rebuked - Risk & Insurance - While corporate scandals are still making headlines, the government’s treatment of companies and their employees is also getting much deserved attention. In fact, there have been several well-justified challenges to U.S. policy, which has too long condoned federal prosecutors taking a pro-indictment stance against their corporate targets if they provide legal fees for their indicted employees.

A ‘Dog’s Life’ Upheld [Risk & Insurance]

September 15, 2006

A ‘Dog’s Life’ Upheld - Risk & Insurance - Recently I traveled more than 30 miles to attend the sentencing of a young man convicted of animal cruelty for tying a domesticated dog to a tree and “punishing” it in ways too inhumane to describe. The dog somehow survived and now lives with a foster family—a true measure of animals’ resiliency. At the courthouse, crowds cheered when word spread that this creep received as much jail time as the court could legally impose.

Lessons From Anna Nicole Smith [Risk & Insurance]

August 01, 2006

Lessons From Anna Nicole Smith - Risk & Insurance - The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Anna Nicole Smith’s much-publicized inheritance case. Playboy’s 1993 Playmate of the Year married 85-year-old Texas oil gazillionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994. (He died in 1995.) Marshall left nothing in his will for Smith, and things would have stayed that way had Marshall’s son, Pierce, exercised some self-restraint. But Pierce couldn’t help himself. Now, he’s on the wrong end of an $89 million judgment.

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged [Risk & Insurance]

June 01, 2006

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged - Risk & Insurance - In the past few years, it has become popular sport in certain circles to attack our nation’s sitting judges. Unpopular judicial decisions are denounced as “outrageous,” and individual judges described as “activists running amok.” And, believe it or not, political zealots suggest that violence toward judges is perhaps deserved.

The Flaws of Arbitration [Risk & Insurance]

April 01, 2006

The Flaws of Arbitration - Risk & Insurance - Today’s subject is arbitration and why you should avoid it. Blasphemy you say? Read on to find out why court litigation before a judge sitting without a jury may be preferable. Recently, I found myself before an appellate court trying to vacate an arbitration award. When the appellate panel realized that my arbitration appeal was the only thing separating them from their next meal, they dismissed me with the rubric of the finality of arbitration awards. Justice? Perhaps not.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

12th Annual Animal Law Conference

August 19, 2015 - Philadelphia, PA

Industry Sectors

Education

  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1976
  • Drexel University, B.S., 1972

Awards & Honors

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer

Best Lawyers in America

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen, U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Pennsylvania 

  • American College of Trial Lawyers