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We are pleased to announce that Stephen Tobin has been promoted to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2024. Across the firm, a total of nine attorneys were promoted to partner. “Steve is an exceptional attorney with impressive ...

We are pleased to announce that partner Robert Ruggieri has returned to the firm’s Philadelphia office as a member of the Construction Contracts & Risk Management and Government Contracting practice groups. “Bob is a highly regarded attorney ...

Michael Payne, Dale Holmes, and Ryan Boonstra of the firm’s government contracting team secured a successful outcome for a military contractor in a $13.1 million claim against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a design build project. The ...

Our government contracting team, Dale Holmes, Michael Payne and Ryan Boonstra, successfully represented a military contractor client in a revived eight-year-old, $13.1 million claim against the U.S. Army over a delayed construction deal. A ...

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that the firm has expanded into Florida with the opening of a Fort Lauderdale office. Matthew Skaroff, who was previously based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, will be the resident attorney in the firm’s ...

Michael is quoted in the South Florida Business Journal regarding the firm’s representation of the 22 marine businesses and organizations in a lawsuit filed against the Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the ...

Michael Payne was a guest on WQCS to discuss the firm’s representation of 22 marine businesses and organizations in the lawsuit filed against the Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Michael Payne and Ryan Boonstra, in conjunction with our local counsel, Mansfield, Bronstein & Stone, LLP, achieved a successful result for the 22 plaintiffs they are representing in a lawsuit filed against the Florida East Coast Railway Company ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Each year, the Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than five percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania, ...

Michael H. Payne spoke with WQCS about the lawsuit filed against the Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for condoning and obstructing a federally regulated waterway. The planned ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected for this year’s New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than 5 percent of ...

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that partner Michael Payne is among The American Lawyer’s 2022 Northeast Trailblazers. Trailblazers are recognized attorneys based in the northeast region of the United States who have made significant marks on ...

We are pleased to announce the promotions of Casey McKinnon and Whitney O’Reilly to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. Casey is located in the firm’s Washington, DC office and Whitney is based in the Philadelphia office. ...

The back and forth saga over OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) continued late Friday, December 17, 2021 when the U.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit of Appeals issued a decision dissolving the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the ETS. ...

In Construction Dive’s article on the new federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate and how it is increasing small firm attractiveness to unvaccinated construction workers, Casey McKinnon explains that although small firms are benefiting now, the ...

Government contracting attorney Casey McKinnon is quoted in The Business Journals’ – The Playbook article regarding the SBA’s temporary suspension of the location requirement and its impact on 8(a) construction contractors. Casey ...

This week, President Biden introduced the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan (AJP), which includes his blueprint for investing in the country’s infrastructure, utility, and transportation systems over the next eight years. If made into law, the ...

Cohen Seglias is proud to announce that four partners, Julie Grohovsky, Michael Payne, Bob Ruggieri and Steve Williams, have been selected to serve on editorial advisory boards for Law360. The advisory boards, focused on a variety of practices and ...

Federal, state, and local government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), award billions of dollars’ worth of contracts every year. However, they often require contractors to share a percentage of the work with ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than 5 percent of ...