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 and part of the Firm’s Innovation Team, Joe also oversees implementation of new technologies, applications, and workflows for the Subrogation & Recovery Department. He served as managing partner, vice chair for Cozen O’Connor’s Miami office from 2018 to 2024.
Joe has been helping insurance clients make recoveries for over 30 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, arbitration, and trial of subrogation 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 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. Joe is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court and County Court mediator.
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. He also served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) from January 2020 to October 2025. Joe earned his Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional (CSRP) designation through NASP in 2019.
Joe earned his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law, and his Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, from Le Moyne College.