Corporate Law
Rocco E. Cozza
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
“I work with passionate entrepreneurs, business owners, athletes, entertainers, influencers, and visionaries to help them bring their ideas and plans to life by taking the complexity out of business and the law. I solve problems, period. I DO NOT work with people who place a low value on kindness, decency, or integrity in business.”
Rocco Cozza is a sought-after business and sports/entertainment lawyer and the founder of the Law Office of Rocco E. Cozza PLLC. He has been practicing law since 2003. During this time, he has worked with a multitude of businesses, entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, and influencers helping them solve the business and legal challenges they face.
As counsel, Rocco has advised businesses and business owners on appropriate entity formations, contract drafting, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, HR policy creation, intellectual property matters, as well as provided general business consulting services in various industries.
Rocco has also represented property owners and investors in residential and commercial real estate acquisitions, lease preparation and negotiations, property holding company structuring, as well as providing general real estate consulting services.
As an entertainment lawyer, Rocco represents entertainers, athletes, artists, and musicians in all aspects of their career. In this role, he provides advice and counsel to help his clients find revenue-generating opportunities that are in-line with their personal brand, as well as ensure their assets are adequately protected. From setting up entities and foundations to advising on general business matters, Rocco and his team handle it all.
He also works with individuals in preparing asset protection and business succession plans.
Rocco earned his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law, where he was a Recent Decisions Editor for the Duquesne Law Review. He received an M.B.A. in applied business from Waynesburg University and his undergraduate degree in psychology from Washington & Jefferson College. Rocco is also a licensed PA Title Agent and co-founder of 24-7 Settlement Services, LLC.
In addition to practicing law, Rocco frequently speaks at conferences on the topics of leadership, motivation, and the art of kindness in business. In January 2019, he stepped on a TEDx stage to share his talk called “Radical Kindness: Why the Unbillable Hour Matters Most in Business.” Rocco sits on various non-profit boards and is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Alpha House, Inc., a behavioral rehabilitation center located in Pittsburgh, PA.
Lastly and most important, Rocco spends his free time with his beautiful wife Laura and 2 wonderful children, Gabe, Ellie, and Malina.
Overview
- English
- Waynesburg University, MBA, graduated 2010
- Duquesne University, JD, graduated 2003
- Washington and Jefferson College, BA, graduated 1999
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association, 2022
- Pennsylvania, 2003
- New York, 2021
- West Virginia, 2004
- English
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association, 2022
- Pennsylvania, 2003
- New York, 2021
- West Virginia, 2004
- Waynesburg University, MBA, graduated 2010
- Duquesne University, JD, graduated 2003
- Washington and Jefferson College, BA, graduated 1999
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Corporate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
- Entertainment Law - Music
- Trademark Law
News & Media
Q&A
Our firm takes a client-centered approach to legal representation. Whether we are advising business owners, athletes, or entertainers, we believe in providing the highest quality, white-glove service to our clients around the clock. We will go above and beyond to ensure our client's needs are met. Additionally, we utilize our vast network of resources, connections, and opportunities to benefit our clients. If you choose to work with us, you will gain access to everything we have to offer.
In addition to our white glove services, our guiding principles revolve around creative thinking and problem solving, building a long-term partnership, open communication, and providing practical advice to our clients. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide our clients top-notch legal services, timely, effectively, and in a way like no other. We are redefining legal services!
Here are a few things our clients love about our firm:
We invest our time in learning about our clients
We provide comprehensive 360-degree guidance unlike other firms
We understand business and approach our practice from a business-first perspective
Client satisfaction is our goal, period. We strive for long term relationships by becoming our client’s go-to adviser for all their legal needs, both business and personal. We form these relationships by building a sense of trust and confidence between attorney and client. When you engage our firm, you will be confident you made the right decision.
In addition to our white glove services, our guiding principles revolve around creative thinking and problem solving, building a long-term partnership, open communication, and providing practical advice to our clients. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide our clients top-notch legal services, timely, effectively, and in a way like no other. We are redefining legal services!
Here are a few things our clients love about our firm:
We invest our time in learning about our clients
We provide comprehensive 360-degree guidance unlike other firms
We understand business and approach our practice from a business-first perspective
Client satisfaction is our goal, period. We strive for long term relationships by becoming our client’s go-to adviser for all their legal needs, both business and personal. We form these relationships by building a sense of trust and confidence between attorney and client. When you engage our firm, you will be confident you made the right decision.
The most challenging aspect of our practice is the ability to remain nimble. Our clients' businesses change frequently and we must be able to adapt with them. As things change, so can the advice we give. We stay in constant contact with our clients so that we can anticipate the things to come, but sometimes this is challenging. Not everyone loves to speak to their lawyer on a regular basis, nor do they have time. Therefore, we face the challenge of being nimble enough to anticipate the needs of our clients without always having all the information we need.
As a kid, I loved the thought of running a business and making deals. I always found ways to make money and create new business ventures. As I got a little older, I began to enjoy the logic of problem-solving and negotiation. Becoming a business lawyer was a natural progression because I get the best of both worlds: helping clients run their businesses and solve their problems. I feel extremely blessed to have found my passion in life and that I get to support my family with it.
When I get asked this question, it is always tough to answer because I have many. So what I have learned to do is provide 7 interesting facts about myself and let people form their own impression of my interests:
1. I typically read 1-2 non-law related, non-fiction books a week
2. Cooking is my creative outlet
3. I hold a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and once held a powerlifting record for the deadlift
4. I have successfully completed 2 Tough Mudders (the second one ended in finger surgery)
5. I have spoken on multiple stages about the power of kindness in business (although kindness is not to be mistaken as weakness)
6. I wrote a personal development book that became an Amazon bestseller
7. I have been to the Dead Sea and it was amazing
1. I typically read 1-2 non-law related, non-fiction books a week
2. Cooking is my creative outlet
3. I hold a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and once held a powerlifting record for the deadlift
4. I have successfully completed 2 Tough Mudders (the second one ended in finger surgery)
5. I have spoken on multiple stages about the power of kindness in business (although kindness is not to be mistaken as weakness)
6. I wrote a personal development book that became an Amazon bestseller
7. I have been to the Dead Sea and it was amazing
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