Thomas McKay III joined Cozen O'Connor in January 1982 and is the office managing partner of the Cherry Hill, N.J., office, where he practices with the Global Insurance Group. Thomas has tried in excess of 100 jury and non-jury trials and participated in numerous arbitrations. He has secured numerous defense verdicts in actions involving six-figure and multimillion-dollar claims against his clients. He holds the designation of Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Tom represents clients across the United States. In 2005, he obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of his client against a claim in excess of $150 million. Tom also acted as lead counsel on behalf of one of the insurance company defendants in the World Trade Center insurance coverage litigation, obtaining a verdict in favor of his client and thereby saving the client more than $200 million.
Tom lectures on trial related matters, first-party insurance and has served on insurance industry education panels. He co-authored Resolving Property Insurance Claims and Insurance Litigation published by the New Jersey Institute for CLE. Tom is a member of the Camden County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. He has been named a New Jersey “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics. Tom is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
From 1973-1981, Tom served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. He was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1972. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third and Fourth Circuits; and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1994. Thomas also serves as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court's District IV Ethics Committee, which oversees attorney ethics investigations in Camden and Gloucester counties.
Tom has served for more than 20 years as an appointed Class IV member of the Hainesport Township, NJ Joint Land Use Board. He was recently appointed to a three-year term (2012-2015) as a member of the Rutgers University Board of Overseers, which directs the management of the Rutgers University Foundation.
Tom earned his Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in 1969 and his law degree from Temple University School of Law in 1972. From 1972-1973, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. W. Thomas McGann and the Hon. Herman Belopolsky, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.
