Richard J. Cohen Sr., left, and Joseph Vaughan, right, with Cohen Vaughan. Courtesy photosThree East Coast Midsize Firms Partner to Create Cohen Vaughan
Vaughan McLean, a Philadelphia-based insurance defense firm, is absorbing defense litigation firm Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini; that firm is then partnering with Goldberg Segalla founder Richard Cohen’s new firm Cohen Cunningham DeRose Higgins Lyon to create a 75-attorney, 18-office law firm called Cohen Vaughan.
January 13, 2025 at 07:00 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Three midsize firms spread across the Eastern Seaboard are partnering up to create an 18-office, 75-attorney litigation firm.
- Philadelphia's Vaughan McLean and Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini are undergoing a standard merger.
- The combined firm is then partnering up with the newly formed Cohen Cunningham DeRose Higgins Lyon, founded by Goldberg Segalla founder Richard Cohen.
Three midsize trial and litigation firms with offices spread across the East Coast are combining, crafting a unique business structure to promote synergy across their established platforms while allowing leaders from each to maintain a degree of autonomy over smaller elements of their operations.
Vaughan McLean, a Philadelphia-based insurance defense firm, is absorbing defense litigation firm Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini; the Vaughan McLean firm is then partnering with Goldberg Segalla founder Richard Cohen’s new firm Cohen Cunningham DeRose Higgins Lyon to create a 75-attorney, 18-office law firm called Cohen Vaughan.
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