Joe has spent his entire career as a practicing attorney at Cozen O’Connor, where he serves as vice chair of the Southeast Subrogation Region, assisting with managing Cozen O’Connor’s subrogation team in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. As vice chair, Joe also oversees implementation of new technologies, applications, and workflows for the firm’s Subrogation & Recovery Department. He served as managing partner, vice chair for Cozen O’Connor’s Miami office from 2018 to 2024. In addition, Joe co-hosts the Subrogation & Recovery Department’s podcast, “Subro on the Go,” in which he and others spotlight trending issues, new cases impacting the subrogation industry, and overall best practices.
Joe has been helping insurance clients make recoveries for over 20 years, employing a mix of hard work, dedication, and creativity to achieve the best possible result. He has represented property insurers in a wide variety of subrogation matters arising out of fires, water releases, product failures, mechanical system failures, roofing failures, and construction defects.
Joe assists clients by developing creative pre-suit methods to achieve recoveries, as well as cost-effective and targeted strategies for successful litigation, mediation, and arbitration of claims. He has extensive experience as lead counsel in the full gamut of recovery matters, from significant construction defect cases involving improper roofing and re-roofing projects for condominiums and commercial buildings, to product liability cases against manufacturers of lithium batteries, consumer electronics, and a variety of plumbing components and related systems. In addition to his experience practicing within the contiguous United States, Joe has litigated subrogation matters and general litigation matters in federal court in Puerto Rico. He is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court and County Court mediator.
Promoting the benefits of and advancing the education and policy interests of the subrogation industry are important to Joe. He is actively involved in the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), including currently serving as Treasurer on the Executive Committee of NASP’s board of directors. He has presented at various NASP’s Annual Conferences since 2012 and co-chaired NASP’s 2018 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. Joe earned his Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional (CSRP) designation through NASP in 2019. Through these activities, Joe has developed and strengthened relationships with colleagues and service providers in the subrogation industry.