Cozen O’Connor is still on the hook for the actions of one of its former lawyers while he was employed at the firm, but a federal judge has ruled that the firm can’t be held liable for the lawyer’s conduct after he moved to Blank Rome.

In an opinion filed Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Senior Judge Jan DuBois of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted Cozen O’Connor’s motion for summary judgment with respect to disbarred lawyer Charles Naselsky’s actions while he was not employed at Cozen O’Connor. The judge otherwise denied summary judgment.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]