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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department has been selected by The American Lawyer as a 2023 litigation department of the year finalist for Pennsylvania.
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Cozen O'Connor established its Pittsburgh office in April 2017. The office is located in One Oxford Centre, one of the major distinctive and recognizable skyscrapers of Downtown Pittsburgh, just steps away from City Hall. The Pittsburgh office focuses its practice in the areas of corporate law, labor & employment and commercial litigation.
July 07, 2025
Wechsler has over a decade of experience at Am Law Top 10 law firms and in-house general counsel experience. He joins the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP as a member, splitting his time between Cozen O’Connor’s New York City and Pittsburgh offices.
June 05, 2025
Chambers USA, the leading annual guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, has ranked 98 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields in the guide’s 2025 edition.
June 02, 2025
Selection to Super Lawyers is based on peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.
April 24, 2025
The National Black Lawyers named Sidnee McDonald among the top 40 under 40.
February 04, 2025
Sidnee McDonald, an associate in Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, has been named to the Pittsburgh Business Times 2025 30 Under 30 list.
December 19, 2024
Sidnee McDonald, an associate in Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, has been named the 2024 Volunteer of the Year by the Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition (PLDIC) at its Annual Members Meeting.
November 07, 2024
In 2024, Best Lawyers received more than 100,000 client references and observed a 65% increase in client participation in their survey.
October 25, 2024
Cozen O’Connor’s CEO, Michael Heller, and Public Strategies’ Senior Principal, Joseph Hill, were named in Philadelphia Magazine’s 2024 “The 150 Most Influential Philadelphians.”
October 15, 2024
Following his unanimous re-election to CEO, Michael Heller spoke with Law360 Pulse about the successes and challenges of the last three years and his priorities for the next three.
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.
July 08, 2024
Garraux, who joins as a shareholder and will work out of the firm’s Pittsburgh office, is the third litigator to join the Labor & Employment group in the past six weeks alone.
June 11, 2024
Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of attorneys are named Super Lawyers; only 2.5 percent of attorneys are listed as Rising Stars.
June 10, 2024
Chambers USA rankings are based on an “assessment of a firm’s work and opinions from external market sources, with an emphasis on client feedback.” In order to be ranked in the guide, lawyers and firms must demonstrate “sustained excellence.”
May 15, 2024
Jesse Loffler, member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been named a 2024 Rising Star by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).
March 19, 2024
John Cunningham, Steven Haas, Kristina Bakardjiev, Dylan Alper, and Maureen Holland were all recognized this year.
February 20, 2024
For over three decades Rayl has negotiated financings and refinancings on behalf of government, nonprofit, and private sector entities looking to fund major economic development projects.
December 01, 2023
Sidnee McDonald, an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment Department, has been named to the Young Professionals Advisory Board of the Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition (PLDIC) and will serve as the Penn State Law liaison.
November 13, 2023
Mariah Passarelli was quoted in an HRDive article discussing how employers can tackle the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed change to increase the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime threshold drastically.
October 03, 2023
Debra Steiner Friedman and Thomas Giotto of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department were named to the 2023 Pennsylvania Labor Power 100.
August 23, 2023
Cozen O’Connor was previously named a Pennsylvania Powerhouse in 2022, 2018, and 2014.
August 17, 2023
Best Lawyers selected 230 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.
July 28, 2023
These lists recognize lawyers “mastering,” “leading,” “revolutionizing,” and “dominating” their fields in their respective states and nationwide.
July 24, 2023
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department has been selected by The American Lawyer as a 2023 litigation department of the year finalist for Pennsylvania.
August 22, 2022
Geoffrey Ferrer, James Forsyth, J. Bruce Maffeo, Suzanne Mayes, Jason Shargel, and Anna Wermuth received the highest annual ratings from their peers.
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.
August 01, 2022
Cozen O’Connor is one of four firms to receive this distinction in 2022.
August 01, 2022
Mariah Passarelli, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania’s Local Rules Advisory Committee.
June 10, 2021
Mariah Passarelli, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, was voted to a three-year term on the Allegheny County Board of Governors with the Allegheny County Bar Association.
March 25, 2021
Milleville brings a strong history of advising businesses and nonprofit organizations on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, the negotiation of commercial agreements, governance, and real estate matters.
December 03, 2020
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that distinguished litigator Andrew W. Reinhart, who brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial transportation litigation, will be joining the Pittsburgh Commercial Litigation Practice.
November 12, 2020
The Legal Intelligencer highlighted the firm’s many legal victories as its reason for the honor, including our recent victory before the U.S. Supreme Court, closing $510 million sale of a longtime client, and our win in the Second Circuit on behalf of the 9/11 families.
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.
August 10, 2020
Kerr, who brings strong bipartisan ties within Pittsburgh’s city government and throughout Western Pennsylvania, will also play a key role in assisting the group’s growing government relations practices in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.