PHILADELPHIA, 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). Lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition based entirely on a peer-review process. 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, Gregory Eisenstark (Energy Law), H. Robert Fiebach (Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants), James R. Potts (Insurance Law), Jeffrey I. Pasek (Litigation –Labor and Employment), Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law), Jeremiah G. Garvey (Venture Capital Law), John H. Wilson (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law), Thomas Giotto (Labor Law – Management) and Joseph E. Tilson (Labor Law – Management) were designated as Best Lawyers® 2021 “Lawyer of the Year.”
Atlanta
Elliot Kerzner (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Danielle Le Jeune (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Kenan G. Loomis (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Charlotte
Jeremy L. Jones (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Cherry Hill
Thomas McKay III (Insurance Law)
Ira G. Megdal (Energy Law)
Michael J. Connolly (Energy Law)
Gregory Eisenstark (Energy Law)
Chicago
Jack J. Carriglio (Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Janet R. Davis (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Richard A. Devine (Commercial Litigation)
Amy M. Doig (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Gary L. Gassman (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Corey T. Hickman (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Philip R. King (Insurance Law)
Jonathan Levy (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Elizabeth A. Olivera (Immigration Law) Ones to Watch
Joseph E. Tilson (Employment Law- Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Anna Wermuth (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Dallas
Donnie Mike Apodaca (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
William Craven (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Alicia G. Curran (Insurance Law)
Stephen M. Halbeisen (Insurance Law)
Suzanne C. Radcliff (Insurance Law)
Denver
Brad W. Breslau (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
Thomas Dunford (Insurance Law)
Houston
David L. Barron (Employment Law – Management)
Adam C. Gutmann (Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch
Aaron Holt (Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Stephen P. Pate (Insurance Law)
Nandini Sane (Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch
Julia Simonet (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Mediation)
Joseph A. Ziemianski (Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance)
Los Angeles
Maria Louis Cousineau (Litigation – Insurance)
Susan A. Grueneberg (Franchise Law)
Howard D. Maycon (Litigation – Insurance)
Brett Nicole Taylor (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Miami
Susan N. Eisenberg (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
James A. Gale (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law)
Jonathan E. Gale (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Technology Law) Ones to Watch
Jeffrey C. Gilbert (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate)
Matthew Horowitz (Patent Law) Ones to Watch
Jahan S. Islami (International Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
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, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Jennifer Taylor (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Minneapolis
Mark A. Jacobson (Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property)
Thomas G. Wallrich (Real Estate Law)
New York
Melissa Brill (Insurance Law)
Laura Dowgin (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Geoffrey Ferrer (Admiralty and Maritime Law, Transportation Law)
Yehudah Gordon (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) Ones to Watch
John Ho (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Christopher B. Kende (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Daniel Levin (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
J. Bruce Maffeo (Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Jacqueline S. Peña (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Brianne Polito (Entertainment and Sports Law) Ones to Watch
Anupama Prasad (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Frank A. Pugliese (Information Technology Law, Technology Law)
Jennifer Queliz (Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch 25
Christopher Raleigh (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Philadelphia
Dylan Alper (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Leigh Ann Benson (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Joseph C. Bright (Tax Law)
Brian D. Burack (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Richard J. Busis (Corporate Law)
Jonathan M. Ciriello (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Dennis L. Cohen (Tax Law)
Leonard Cooper (Trusts and Estates)
Stephen A. Cozen (Insurance Law)
Alfred J. D’Angelo (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Raymond L. DeLuca (Construction Law)
Amanda DiChello (Trusts and Estates)
Jay A. Dorsch (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Christopher C. Fallon, Jr. (Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs)
Elliott R. Feldman (Commercial Litigation)
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, Litigation – Environmental)
Eric D. Freed (Insurance Law)
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)
Josh M. Greenbaum (Construction Law)
Howard I. Grossman (Real Estate Law)
Michael J. Hanlon (Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Daniel Q. Harrington (Insurance Law)
Robert S. Hawkins (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
James H. Heller (Commercial Litigation)
Michael J. Heller (Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law)
Sandra L. Hill (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Kevin. J. Hughes (Insurance Law)
Hayes H. Hunt (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Fred Warren Jacoby (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction)
Daniel V. Johns (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Veronica Johnson (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates)
Max Kaplan (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Nicholas A. Karwacki (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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 and Employment)
Richard C. Mason (Reinsurance Law)
Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law)
Michael Melusky (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Stephen A. Miller (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Deborah M. Minkoff (Insurance Law)
Katharine E. Mooney (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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)
Andrew J. Rolfes (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Peter G. Rossi (Insurance Law)
Colleen Rush (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch
Megan Susan Scheib (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Heidi R. Schwartz (Tax Law) Ones to Watch
Alexa Sebia (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Harper S. Seldin (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Jason M. Shargel (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Benjamin L. Shechtman (Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch
Adam M. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
Robert A. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
George A. Voegele, Jr. (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Joshua C. Weinberger (Tax Law)
Matthew I. Weinstein (Real Estate Law)
Thomas G. Wilkinson (Commercial Litigation)
James R. Williams (Real Estate Law)
Thomas P. Witt (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
Eli S. Wolfe (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch 27
Pittsburgh
Brian D. Balonick (Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Lynn Krisay Brehm (Employee Benefit (ERISA) Law)
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, Venture Capital Law)
Eugene A. Giotto (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Health Care, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Thomas S. Giotto (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
Tiffany A. Jenca (Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
Jason Kreps (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch
Jesse Loffler (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Brock E. McCandless (Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Mariah L. Passarelli (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Joseph F. Quinn (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Bethany Salvatore (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
John H. Wilson (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Maura L. Winters (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
Richmond
Thomas A. Lisk (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Gaming Law, Government Relations Practice)
San Diego
Kevin D. Bush (Litigation – Insurance)
Thomas M. Regan (Insurance Law)
Craig A. Schloss (Litigation – Labor and Employment)
San Francisco
Brett C. Greving (Litigation – Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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)
Peter E. Swain (Real Estate Law)
Seattle, WA
Frank Abramonte (Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Patent Law)
Anusha E. Jones (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
William Knowles (Insurance Law)
Lorraine Linford (Patent Law, Trademark Law)
Jodi McDougall (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance)
Avin S. Singh (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
Terri A. Sutton (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
Washington, D.C.
Barry Boss (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Rebecca Brodey (Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar) Ones to Watch
Alexandra Elena Busch (Construction Law) Ones to Watch
Eric Choi (Health Care Law) Ones to Watch
Eric J. DeBear (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
Marc J. Fink (Admiralty and Maritime Law, Transportation Law)
Daniel W. Hardwick (Real Estate Law)
James Grier Hoyt (Real Estate Law)
Jerry W. Kilgore (Government Relations Practice)
Jeffrey F. Lawrence (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Hugh J. Marbury (Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, 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, Government Relations Practice)
Stephen M. Seeger (Arbitration, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction)
Stanley O. Sher (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
Barbara Van Gelder (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Rachel Welford (Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
West Conshohocken
Jonathan T. Hoffman (Family Law)
Patrick J. O’Connor (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation)
Margaret Gallagher Thompson (Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trust and Estates)
West Palm Beach
Alexandra J. Schultz (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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)