PHILADELPHIA, August 22, 2022 — Best Lawyers selected 211 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). 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.
Twenty-two attorneys were recognized for the first time in the 2023 publication, including Andrew Baer, Paul Bartolacci, Joseph C. Bedwick, R. Alex DuFour II, Frank Gooch, III, Allen J. Guon, Andrea E. Hammel, Jesse S. Keene, Howard S. Krooks, Ellen S. Morris, Alycen A. Moss, Mark Opalisky, and David Zambito, who were listed as Best Lawyers. The following attorneys were named “Ones to Watch” for the first time in 2023: Robert M. Careless, Matthew DiCianni, Andrew T. Hepworth, Cassandra Jacobsen, Molly L. Kremer, Daniel R. Levine, Elisabeth C. Ross, Danielle E. Sapega, and Jackson C. Siegal.
Additionally, Geoffrey D. Ferrer (Transportation Law), James W. Forsyth (Tax Law), J. Bruce Maffeo (Criminal Defense: General Practice), Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law), Jason M. Shargel (Mergers and Acquisitions Law), and Anna Wermuth (Labor Law – Management) were designated as Best Lawyers® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year.”
Atlanta
Boca Raton
Boston
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Wendy K. Venoit (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
Cherry Hill
Chicago
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Jack J. Carriglio (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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Janet R. Davis (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
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Matthew DiCianni (Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Amy M. Doig (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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David R. Doyle (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
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Robert M. Fishman (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy)
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Gary L. Gassman (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
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Tia C. Ghattas (Commercial Litigation)
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Jeremy J. Glenn (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
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Allen J. Guon (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
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Corey Hickman (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Jonathan Levy (Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
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Elizabeth A. Olivera (Immigration Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Elisabeth C. Ross (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Peter J. Roberts (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
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Christina M. Sanfelippo (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) Ones to Watch
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Brian L. Shaw (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy)
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Joseph E. Tilson (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Anna Wermuth (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
Dallas
Harrisburg
Houston
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David L. Barron (Employment Law – Management)
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Adam C. Gutmann (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Aaron Holt (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Stephen P. Pate (Insurance Law)
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Nandini Sane (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Mediation)
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Joseph A. Ziemianski (Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance)
Los Angeles
Miami
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Arielle Eisenberg (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Susan N. Eisenberg (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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James A. Gale (Litigation - Intellectual Property and Patent Law)
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Jonathan E. Gale (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, and Technology Law) Ones to Watch
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Benjamin L. Keime (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Charles C. Kline (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law, and Insurance Law)
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Samuel A. Lewis (Copyright Law, Information Technology Law and Technology Law)
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Ralf R. Rodriguez (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
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Martin T. Schrier (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Minneapolis
New York, NY
Philadelphia
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Dylan Alper (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Andrew Baer (Technology Law)
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Paul Bartolacci (Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs)
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Joseph C. Bedwick (Corporate Law)
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Leigh Ann Benson (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Isaac A. Binkovitz (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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Joseph C. Bright (Tax Law)
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Richard J. Busis (Corporate Law)
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Jason Cabrera (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Robert M. Careless (Land Use and Zoning Law) Ones to Watch
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Jonathan M. Ciriello (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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Dennis L. Cohen (Tax Law)
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Stephen A. Cozen (Insurance Law)
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Alfred J. D'Angelo, Jr. (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
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Raymond L. DeLuca (Construction Law)
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Jay A. Dorsch (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
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Bruce W. Ficken (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
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H. Robert Fiebach (Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation - Real Estate, and Litigation – Securities)
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Brian P. Flaherty (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Environmental)
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Eric D. Freed (Insurance Law)
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Robert I. Friedman (Trusts and Estates)
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Thomas J. Gallagher III (Tax Law)
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Mark H. Gallant (Health Care Law)
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Henry A. Gladstone (Corporate Law)
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Edward M. Glickman (Trusts and Estates)
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Josh M. Greenbaum (Construction Law)Elliott R. Feldman (Commercial Litigation)
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Howard I. Grossman (Real Estate Law)
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Daniel Q. Harrington (Insurance Law)
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Robert S. Hawkins (Employment Law – Management)
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James H. Heller (Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
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Michael J. Heller (Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law)
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Kevin J. Hughes (Insurance Law)
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Hayes A. Hunt (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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Fred Warren Jacoby (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction)
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Daniel V. Johns (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Matthew H. Kamens (Trusts and Estates)
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Sandra L. Kelly (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
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Sarah A. Kelly (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Stephen Kempa (Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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Philip G. Kircher (Commercial Litigation)
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Raymond A. Kresge (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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James M. Kwartnik (Construction Law)
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Larry P. Laubach (Corporate Law)
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Jeffrey A. Leonard (Real Estate Law)
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Alexa Lettiere (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Daniel R. Levine (Trusts and Estates) Ones to Watch
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Lester E. Lipschutz (Trusts and Estates)
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Elizabeth A. Malloy (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Suzanne S. Mayes (Public Finance Law)
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Stephen A. Miller (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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Deborah M. Minkoff (Appellate Practice and Insurance Law)
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Mark T. Mullen (Insurance Law)
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Mark Opalisky (Insurance Law)
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Jeffrey I. Pasek (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Frances P. Rayer (Immigration Law)
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Andrew J. Rolfes (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Colleen Rush (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
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Danielle E. Sapega (Health Care Law) Ones to Watch
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Heidi R. Schwartz (Tax Law) Ones to Watch
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Harper S. Seldin (Commercial Litigation) Ones to Watch
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Jason M. Shargel (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
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Benjamin L. Shechtman (Labor and Employment Law – Management) Ones to Watch
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Adam M. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
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Robert A. Silverman (Real Estate Law)
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Cheryl A. Upham (Tax Law)
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George A. Voegele, Jr. (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Joshua C. Weinberger (Tax Law)
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Matthew I. Weinstein (Real Estate Law)
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James R. Williams (Real Estate Law)
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Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. (Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants)
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Benjamin I. Wilkoff (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) Ones to Watch
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Thomas P. Witt (Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law)
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Eli S. Wolfe (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law) Ones to Watch
Pittsburgh
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Lynn Krisay Brehm (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
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Peter J. Ennis (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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James W. Forsyth (Tax Law)
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Jeremiah G. Garvey (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, and Venture Capital Law)
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Eugene A. Giotto (Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
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Thomas S. Giotto (Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management)
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Tiffany A. Jenca (Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment) Ones to Watch
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Molly L. Kremer (Health Care Law) Ones to Watch
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Jason Kreps (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Venture Capital Law) Ones to Watch
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Brock E. McCandless (Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
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Mariah L. Passarelli (Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
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Seth Popick (Corporate Law) Ones to Watch
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Joseph F. Quinn (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
Richmond
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Jerry W. Kilgore (Administrative / Regulatory Law and Government Relations Practice)
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Thomas A. Lisk (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Gaming Law, and Government Relations Practice)
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Monica
Seattle
Washington, DC
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James Billings-Kang (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) Ones to Watch
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Barry Boss (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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Rebecca Brodey (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar) Ones to Watch
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Eric J. DeBear (Real Estate Law) Ones to Watch
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Michael Deutsch (Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
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R. Alex DuFour II (Real Estate Law)
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Daniel W. Hardwick (Real Estate Law)
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James Grier Hoyt (Real Estate Law)
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Jesse S. Keene (Construction Law and Litigation – Construction)
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Jeffrey F. Lawrence (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
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Hugh J. Marbury (Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
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Milton A. Marquis (Litigation – Antitrust)
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Anne E. Mickey (Admiralty and Maritime Law)
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Meridith H. Moldenhauer (Real Estate Law)
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Bernard Nash (Administrative / Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice)
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Evan Pritchard (Real Estate Law)
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Lawrence M. Prosen (Arbitration, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Mediation)
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Stephen M. Seeger (Arbitration, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction)
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Jackson C. Siegal (Land Use and Zoning Law) Ones to Watch
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Barbara Van Gelder (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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Rachel Welford (Transportation Law) Ones to Watch
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Benjamin L. Williams (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, and Litigation - Construction) Ones to Watch
West Conshohocken
West Palm Beach
Wilmington
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John T. Carroll III (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
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Mark E. Felger (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
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