Alan K. Cotler

Alan is a trial lawyer who has tried cases to juries, ALJs and arbitrators and managed litigation in jurisdictions throughout the country. He has won major jury verdicts in state and federal court, including multi-million dollar verdicts in commercial cases as both a plaintiff and counterclaiming defendant. He has also successfully defended at trial complex commercial cases and product liability suits for major manufacturers and Fortune 500 companies.

Alan's trial and litigation experience over the 30 years that he has practiced has been broad-based encompassing commercial matters, business torts, land use and civil rights, environmental, class actions, product, medical device and pharmaceutical liability, toxic tort, mass tort, insurance, health care, intellectual property, construction, employment, labor and administrative law.

Alan has been voted a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" by his peers every year since 2004 when that process began. This year he was listed as a "Super Lawyer" for the first "Corporate Counsel" edition.

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Areas of Practice 1) Commercial Litigation and Disputes, 2) Product Liability, 3) Securities Litigation & Enforcement, 4) Broker-Dealer Disputes, 5) Director and Officer Defense, 6) Institutional Investor Representation, 7) Regulatory Proceedings and 8) Securities Class Action Defense
Law School Georgetown University Law Center, 1977, J.D.
Education University of Pennsylvania, 1972, B.S.
Bar Member / Association Virginia State Bar Association, Pennsylvania State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association
Most recent firm Reed Smith LLP
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