Peter J. Hoffman

Eric D. Freed is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. Eric D., 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 Eric D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Whether in the courtroom or the community, Stewart L. Cohen has worked relentlessly as an advocate on behalf of his clients for over thirty years. Mr. Cohen has achieved seven-figure and higher recoveries for scores of his clients over the course of his career. Mr. Cohen is a shareholder in the firm, focusing his practice on complex civil litigation, including medical malpractice, workplace accidents and class actions. His skill as a trial lawyer has resulted in a long record of successes inc...

As head of the Business Law Department at Gawthrop Greenwood, Michael F. Merlie concentrates his practice in the areas of finance, secured transactions (including creditors’ rights), mergers, acquisitions, admiralty/maritime law, real estate law and startup businesses. Representing institutional, corporate and entrepreneurial clients in a wide variety of business matters, his experience includes negotiating and documenting mergers, acquisitions and real estate transactions. He has also ...

Kevin J. Hughes serves as co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Subrogation & Recovery Department, and is chair of the department’s Atlantic and Northeast regional offices. Kevin joined the firm in September, 1987 and has successfully litigated and tried cases throughout the United States in both state and federal court. He concentrates his practice in the prosecution of complex property damage claims arising out of fires, explosions, mechanical failures and structural collapses....

Peter F. Vaira serves as Special Counsel to Weir LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over the course of more than 50 years in practice, Mr. Vaira has represented clients in complex criminal defense , white-collar matters, civil litigation , and alternative dispute resolution proceedings in state and federal courts. His practice includes white-collar criminal defense, internal and parallel investigations, antitrust matters, corporate crisis management, and complex commercial disputes. In additi...

Julie L. Von Spreckelsen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Land Use and Zoning and Municipal Law. Julie L., who practices law in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Julie L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Raymond A. Kresge joined Cozen O'Connor’s Philadelphia office in June 2006 as a member. He practices with the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. He has extensive experience in litigation and counseling on a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including a wide range of employment and benefits litigation. Ray’s employment litigation experience includes defending multiple discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims under federal and state law (in all ...

Sarah A. Kelly concentrates her practice in employment law and employment discrimination law and related litigation, sexual harassment law, and in counseling employers on issues in labor and employment law. She has over 30 years of experience, both at leading law firms and as in-house counsel for two major financial services corporations. Sarah provides practical experience in managing and litigating the full range of employment law issues, from individual cases to class action lawsuits. She ...

Charles “Chip” Becker is a partner at Kline & Specter, PC, where he has primary responsibility for the firm’s post-trial and appellate practice and works with the firm's lawyers on all procedural and substantive aspects of their cases. Becker has presented argument in all of Pennsylvania's appellate courts, the New Jersey and Delaware appellate courts, and multiple federal circuit courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to his work at Kline & Specter, B...

Deborah M. Minkoff is a member of the firm, resident in the Philadelphia office. She joined the firm in 1984 and is vice chair of the Global Insurance Department, where she represents clients in complex coverage litigation and counsels clients on liability coverage issues. Deborah’s representative cases include disputes under claims-made liability coverages, employers liability coverage, professional liability coverage, medical professional liability coverage, and sexual misconduct clai...