Cozen O’Connor Adds Former Silverstein Properties Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jonathan W. Knipe

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Cozen O’Connor announced it has made a significant addition to its Real Estate Practice with the hiring of former Silverstein Properties Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jonathan W. Knipe. Knipe has spent the past 15 years with Silverstein Properties, serving in the capacity of chief legal officer and corporate secretary, and was instrumental in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center properties after 9/11. He has overseen numerous joint ventures and strategic partnerships, and as a part of the organization’s investment and management committees, he has been instrumental in the strategic, legal, and business decision making process at Silverstein.

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FisherBroyles Welcomes Sid Steinberg and David Renner

Monday, February 15, 2021
FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce Sid Steinberg and David Renner have joined the Firm as partners in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh respectively. Sid joins the Firm’s national employment practice from the Philadelphia office of Post & Schell, where he was Chair of the Employment Practice Group. He will be joined by David Renner, who was a Principal in Post & Schell’s Pittsburgh office.

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James Schultz Joins Holland & Knight’s Philadelphia Office

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

James D. Schultz has joined Holland & Knight in Philadelphia as a partner in the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group and will lead its Northeast Government Advocacy Team. Mr. Schultz served as senior associate counsel and special assistant to the president during the first year of the Trump administration. Previously, he was general counsel to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He moved to Holland & Knight from Cozen O’Connor, where he was chair of the firm’s government and regulatory practice.

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Cozen O’Connor Welcomes Pennsylvania Litigator Rick Holzworth to its National Private Client Services Team

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Cozen O’Connor welcomed Pennsylvania trial attorney Rick Holzworth — a seasoned litigator who handles complex, high-value lawsuits on behalf of estate and trust administrators, individual beneficiaries, and corporate fiduciaries — to its Private Client Services practice. Holzworth, who joins the firm as a member, will reside in Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office.  Holzworth comes to the firm from Fox Rothschild LLP, where he was part of that firm’s commercial litigation and fiduciary litigation practice groups.

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Leading M&A and Private Equity Attorney Jay Coogan Joins Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia

Monday, July 13, 2020

Jay Coogan—a well-known attorney who advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, securities offerings, capital financings, and corporate governance matters—has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the Business and Transactions Department, Firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, he was a partner in DLA Piper’s Philadelphia office.

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Experienced Intellectual Property Litigator Darius Gambino Joins Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s IP Litigation Team

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

In joining Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Philadelphia office, Darius Gambino brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience helping clients protect their intellectual property under the patent, trademark and copyright laws in the United States and abroad. He joins the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice and the IP Litigation Team. Gambino joins the firm from the Philadelphia office of DLA Piper.

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Katayun I. Jaffari Joins Cozen O’Connor as Chair of its Corporate Governance & Securities Group

Monday, June 1, 2020

Cozen O’Connor today introduced Pennsylvania business attorney Katayun Jaffari — who for nearly three decades has helped corporate boards and executive management teams execute multibillion-dollar securities and M&A transactions — as chair of its Corporate Governance & Securities Group. Jaffari, whose clients range from life sciences and energy enterprises, to technology and fintech providers across the United States, comes to the firm from Ballard Spahr LLP. She joins the firm as a shareholder and will reside in Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office.

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