Michael D. Ford

Dianne Coady Fisher serves as bond counsel and underwriters' counsel on a variety of private activity tax-exempt financings, including single-family mortgage bonds, multifamily housing bonds, and health care financings. Additionally, she serves as borrowers' counsel in acquisitions of bond-financed multifamily housing projects and debt restructurings, including unsecured REIT borrowings. Dianne also acts as counsel to bond purchasers in private placement of multifamily housing bonds for new c...

Robert A. Silverman joined the firm’s Philadelphia office in March 2009 as a member in the Business Law Department. For the period from September 1981 through his arrival at Cozen O'Connor he practiced in the Real Estate Department of another major Philadelphia law firm, where he was a partner since 1989. A member in the Real Estate Practice Group, Robert represents developers, lenders and owners in a variety of sophisticated transactions, including the development of office buildings, ...

Leonard A. Bernstein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law and Financial Services Regulation Law. Leonard A., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2001. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Leonard A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Daniel Jeck, a founding partner in the law firm of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., has achieved remarkable results for his clients in a broad range of catastrophic injury cases, including numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, for over 20 years in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Clients he has represented include children with cerebral palsy due to birth injuries, women who have suffered a delay in their diagnosis of breast cancer, and i...

John M. Nolan is Managing Shareholder and Litigation Manager of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office and a Shareholder in the Morristown, New Jersey office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Mr. Nolan has been with Jackson Lewis since December 1994. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Nolan was an Assistant District Attorney in New York and was a senior associate at a large, full service law firm in central New Jersey. Mr. Nolan is a trial attorney and has tried over 75 jury and non-jury trials to verdic...

Ellen Goldberg Weiner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Ellen, who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ellen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Carter N. Williamson is a construction practice attorney who has represented construction industry clients including contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and owners. He has a background in litigating and resolving legal construction matters from routine common disputes to complex, multi-party litigation. He has resolved construction matters through litigation, arbitration and mediation in the five-county Philadelphia area, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsy...

Daniel Q. Harrington is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. Daniel Q., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel Q. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Andrew R. Duffy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Andrew R., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrew R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Robert I. Friedman joined the firm’s Philadelphia office in April 2009 as a member in the Business Law Department. He serves as chair of the Private Client Services Practice Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, including business succession planning, and tax and charitable planning. Robert is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and he is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Pennsylvania Joint Sta...