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Joe concentrates his practice on a broad range of insurance coverage issues. He is experienced in litigating cases from pleadings through summary judgment and trial.
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When insured clients are in need of experienced and aggressive trial counsel to handle their high exposure litigation, catastrophic losses, and “bet the company” cases, they turn to the attorneys in Cozen O'Connor’s Strategic Risk & Complex Litigation practice area, a subset of the firm’s Global Insurance Department.
Cozen O’Connor’s strategic risk and complex litigation attorneys handle all manner of litigation on behalf of sophisticated corporate entities, including class actions, mass torts, and consolidated federal multidistrict litigation. We have experience in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels around the country, and our attorneys are routinely selected to serve as lead trial counsel and/or national coordinating counsel.
We have tried cases in virtually every state in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada. When appropriate, we make use of alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation and arbitration. Our success rate employing such methods is bolstered by our adversaries’ knowledge that we will settle only to serve our clients’ best interests, not to avoid trial.
Although our clients demand the highest-quality legal services, cost containment and budget predictability are also important concerns for well-managed companies. Particularly in high exposure, “bet the company” litigation, where the full scope of a problem may not be immediately clear, Cozen O’Connor’s strategic risk and complex litigation attorneys work closely with clients to develop litigation strategies that limit exposure and prevent escalation. We communicate regularly with clients about strategy and ongoing claims management, and carefully adhere to clients’ internal litigation management requirements.
March 05, 2026
Cozen O'Connor’s Global Insurance Department's Claims Notes provides quick, to-the-point summaries of national insurance developments, including notable insurance decisions, legislation, trends, and regulatory guidance.
February 20, 2026
John David (J.D.) Dickenson, Tiffany Bustamante, and Alexandra J. Schultz of Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department contributed the USA-Florida Trends and Development content “Hot Topics in Insurance Law in the Sunshine State: Impacts of Florida Insurance Code Reforms on the Market and in the Courts, and the Expansion of AI" to the Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance 2026 Global Practice Guide.
January 13, 2026
Cozen O'Connor’s Global Insurance Department's Claims Notes provides quick, to-the-point summaries of national insurance developments, including notable insurance decisions, legislation, trends, and regulatory guidance.
September 12, 2025
Tiffany Bustamante and Abigail C. Horvat co-authored the expert analysis column titled "When AI Denies, Insurance Bad Faith Claims May Follow" for Law360.
August 14, 2025
Orla Thompson and Kayla Rubin discuss the FDA's new guidance encouraging food manufacturers to phase out Red No. 3 ahead of the previous 2027 deadline.
July 01, 2025
Stephanie Chesney co-authored the article "Navigating Next-Door Claims" for the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance's summer 2025 issue of the Construction Claims magazine.
June 30, 2025
Steven Moreno discusses the Texas Supreme Court's decision to overturn an $89 million verdict in Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake, which raises the bar for proving proximate cause in negligence and employer liability cases.
June 10, 2025
Orla Thompson and Kayla Rubin discuss the FDA's plan to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply.
April 16, 2025
Cozen O'Connor’s Global Insurance Department's Claims Notes provides quick, to-the-point summaries of national insurance developments, including notable insurance decisions, legislation, trends, and regulatory guidance.
January 30, 2025
Richard Fama, Orla Thompson, and Kayla Rubin discuss the FDA's order banning Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs.
Upcoming Events
April 15, 2026 - Webinar
Gregory S. Hudson and Colleen Foster will present the Cozen O'Connor webinar titled, "2025 Year in Review of Bad Faith Cases and Beyond."
Past Events
March 25, 2026 - Orlando, FL
February 24, 2026 - Webinar
December 16, 2025 - Webinar
December 16, 2025 - Webinar
December 04, 2025 - Chicago, IL
November 17, 2025 - Indianapolis, IN
November 05, 2025 - Dallas, TX
October 17, 2025 - Coral Gables, FL
October 06, 2025 - Albany, NY
September 25, 2025 - Webinar
September 23, 2025 - Kennewick, WA
September 17, 2025 - Webinar
July 28, 2025 - Denver, CO
June 13, 2025 - New Orleans, LA
April 09, 2025 - Dallas, TX
December 09, 2024 - Boston, MA
November 18, 2024 - Albany, NY
March 23, 2026
Joe concentrates his practice on a broad range of insurance coverage issues. He is experienced in litigating cases from pleadings through summary judgment and trial.
February 23, 2026
Super Lawyers has named four attorneys at Cozen O’Connor to its 2026 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Lyn Dodson and Alycen Moss are listed as Super Lawyers; Samuel M. Lyon and Saskia H. Olczak were named Rising Stars.
February 06, 2026
Dera Barlow has been selected to the “Top 40 Under 40” in Texas by the National Black Lawyers (NBL).
February 03, 2026
Frederick P. Marczyk, Susan E. Egeland, Matt Sapp, Dazia Anderson, and Madeline Boche were recently featured in a Law360 article highlighting their addition to Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department.
February 02, 2026
Cozen O’Connor welcomed five prominent litigators to its fast-growing Global Insurance Department: Susan E. Egeland, Frederick P. Marczyk, Matt Sapp, Dazia Anderson, and Madeline Boche.
October 21, 2025
Valerie Sworn has been re-selected to the “Top 40 Under 40” in Texas by the National Black Lawyers (NBL).
September 11, 2025
Tiffany Bustamante, a member of the Global Insurance Department and co-chair of the Bad Faith group, has been appointed to The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on AI Tools & Resources.
September 09, 2025
Jan Tomasik was named to the 2025 Super Lawyers Mountain States Rising Stars list.
August 21, 2025
Best Lawyers selected more than 250 Cozen O'Connor lawyers from 26 of the firm's US offices for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
June 16, 2025
Maxwell joins the firm as a member and will reside in its Los Angeles office.
May 21, 2025
Joseph Ziemianski, co-chair of the firm’s Global Insurance Department, has been selected to join Insurance Business America’s Insurance Defense Lawyers Editorial Panel.
May 20, 2025
Tiffany Bustamante, a member of the Global Insurance Department and co-chair of the Bad Faith group, has been appointed to the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law Alumni Council Board of Directors, and named co-chair of the Alumni Engagement Committee.
May 15, 2025
Tiffany Bustamante, a member of the Global Insurance Department and co-chair of the Bad Faith group, has been accepted as a Fellow of The Florida Bar’s Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy.
April 09, 2025
Jeff Work, a new member in the Global Insurance Department, was quoted in the recent article “Ex-Texas State Judge Joins Cozen O'Connor Insurance Team” by Law360.
April 07, 2025
Work comes to the firm from Germer P.L.L.C. and has spent nearly four decades defending major enterprises throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. A long-time Houston resident, he represents clients in state and federal courtrooms throughout Texas, and surrounding states.
March 21, 2025
NEW YORK – March 21, 2025 – Orla G. Thompson, member of the firm’s Global Insurance Department, has been named a member of Law360’s 2025 Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board.
March 18, 2025
Orla G. Thompson has been named one of National Black Lawyers (NBL) “Top 100 Lawyers in New York.”
February 19, 2025
Lyn Dodson, Kenan Loomis, and Alycen Moss are listed as Super Lawyers; Luciana Aquino, Samuel M. Lyon, and Saskia H. Olczak were named Rising Stars.
December 03, 2024
Valerie Sworn has been named to the “Top 40 Under 40” in Texas by The National Black Lawyers (NBL) Association. This exclusive recognition is reserved for the top 40 under 40 African American lawyers in each state, recognized for their outstanding legal skills and professional contributions.
October 03, 2024
BOSTON, October 3, 2024 – Stephanie Chesney, member of Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department, has been named the recipient of the Veteran Legal Services 2024 Outstanding Pro Bono Award.
August 19, 2024
Orla G. Thompson has been installed as the assistant corporate secretary to the Defense Association of New York (DANY) for the 2024 – 2025 term.
March 05, 2024
Ira Bodenstein, Jack Carriglio, Janet Davis, John Dunn, Mitch Edlund, Wendy Enerson, Gary Gassman, Tia Ghattas, Jeremy Glenn, Erin Bolan Hines, Mark Rabinowitz, Peter Roberts, Brian Shaw, Joseph Tilson, Julie Trester, Peter Valeta, Anna Wermuth, and Brian Williams were recognized as Leading Lawyers, Christina Sanfelippo was recognized as an Emerging Lawyer.
February 12, 2024
Recognized by their peers in Georgia as Super Lawyers are Kenan Loomis and Alycen Moss. Luciana Aquino, Dakota E. Knehans, and Danielle C. Le Jeune were named “Rising Stars,” a list that recognizes attorneys under the age of 40.