Cozen O'Connor
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Cozen O'Connor‘s ’engaging’ attorneys have a successful track record of advising on major infrastructure projects and arguing their clients’ cases in state, federal, and international courts. The practice is co-chaired by Bruce Ficken, a seasoned construction trial lawyer, and Raymond DeLuca, who advises clients in all stages of transportation and infrastructure projects. Both are based in the Philadelphia office, alongside Jeffery Mullen and James Kwartnik, who represent owners, managers, and contractors in railway and processing plant projects and associated litigation. In Washington DC, Stephen Seeger, Lawrence Prosen, and Jesse Keene focus on construction and government contracts. Miami’s Ralf Rodriguez is experienced in dispute resolution concerning design defects, insurance, and surety bond claims. Boston’s Wendy Venoit is similarly experienced; she recently filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit on behalf of Hitachi Rail, seeking costs and damages arising from a design-build contract.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The depth of knowledge of the team is top-tier, among the very best I have worked with and they truly care about their clients as people, not just as a project.'
- ‘This practice is my favorite group to work with. They are engaging, they listen, and they are ethical.’
Key clients
- Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) WSP USA The Boldt Company (Boldt) Lubert Adler Partners, LP Vineyard Wind 1 LLC Allan Myers, L.P. GeoConstructors/ASAP Installations Hitachi Rail STS Belfor USA Group, Inc. Mastec North America, Inc.
Work highlights
Representing Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), a Fortune 100 natural gas and propane company. The client was part of a joint venture that built the 700-mile Rover natural gas pipeline through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan. In June 2018, one of the contractors, U.S. Pipeline (USPL), claimed that the client repudiated the contract, abandoned the work and brought claims sounding in fraud, contract, and quasi-contract, seeking more than $100m in damages.