Craig A. Cohen
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Partner

Craig A. Cohen concentrates his practice in the area of complex litigation, primarily representing the insurance industry in the defense of national class actions and bad faith matters. In particular, Mr. Cohen represents major insurance carriers in the defense of actions concerning their claims, underwriting, and actuarial practices. Additionally, he is part of a group that serves as coordinating counsel to a major insurance carrier, managing the defense of complex litigation and class actions countrywide.

Mr. Cohen is responsible for the creation of and continued management of Up to Speed: The Automobile Insurance and Collision Industry Research Report, a nationally distributed report focused on important legal developments in the automobile insurance and collision repair industries. He has also written numerous articles on various topics relating to litigation in the insurance industry. Mr. Cohen lectures frequently across the United States on insurance business practices, class action law, and bad faith.

Mr. Cohen's litigation victories include defense verdicts in the widely publicized cases of Pack Brothers v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Tuttle v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., both multi-week complex jury trials involving issues of unfair trade practices, insurer steering, and defamation. In addition, he was successful in obtaining dismissal before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of a $20 billion federal antitrust class action (Gilchrist v. State Farm, et al.) involving insurance rate-making issues. Mr. Cohen was also successful in defeating class certification in Adams v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., a Texas putative class action involving material damage claims practices.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Bar Association - Litigation & Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section - Property Insurance Committee - Business Litigation Committee, Member

Published Works:

Pennsylvania Insurers Get First Glimpse of Campbell's Impact on Punitive Damages Under 42 Pa.C.S.A. Sec. 8371, Mealey's: Insurance Bad Faith, Vol. 17, No. 19 (Feb. 4, 2004)

Friends Make Lousy Witnesses - Leave Them At Home, Defense Research Institute's Trials and Tribulations, Fall, 2004

Erosion of the Antitrust Exemption for Insurers, For the Defense, Vol. 45 No. 5, 2003

Kentucky Health Association of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller: The U.S. Supreme Court Opens The Door To State Health Insurance Regulation, 2003

The Use of the 'Self-Critical Analysis' Privilege in Insurance Litigation, Mealey's: Emerging Insurance Disputes, Vol. 7, No. 16 (April 20, 2002)

Hypothesis Formation in Personality Development, Old Commons Review, Vol. 1, 1986

Practice Disciplines:

Bad Faith Consulting and Litigation

Complex Litigation

Corporate Governance

Insurance Coverage

Insurance Regulatory

Bar Admissions:

Pennsylvania, 1989

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1991

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2003

Education:

Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989
J.D.
Law Review: Temple Law Review, Member, 1988 - 1989

Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List, Fall 1984, Spring 1985, Fall 1986, Spring 1986
Major:  Philosophy
Major:  Psychology