Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna
is a boutique law
firm based in New York with
a singular mission: insurance recovery for policyholders.
As a group of longtime
partners who have worked together for years, the members finally came together to form their own firm in 2021.
Their dedication to insurance recovery has culminated in more than
$10 billion for policyholders.
Robin Cohen,
one of the firm’s leaders,
is an insurance trailblazer.
She counsels
policyholders
and
advocates for
clients in cases involving asbestos, directors and officers, employee coverage, environmental, product liability, toxic tort, and other claims.
Cohen is a lead partner
representing Paramount Global
(f/k/a Viacom),
a media and entertainment company,
in pursuit of D&O insurance coverage for former Viacom directors who sued in connection with the all-stock merger between Viacom and non-party CBS.
Joining Cohen on the
Paramount Global
case is her longtime
partner
Adam Ziffer,
who represents policyholders in actions for damages on a range of insurance-related issues
including privacy liability, employee dishonesty, first-party, and asbestos.
He serves, along with Cohen and Keith McKenna, as lead counsels to Walmart in seeking insurance coverage for hundreds of millions in costs incurred in
the defense against thousands of opioid-related lawsuits.
McKenna
advises companies in industries including healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications,
real estate, and
sports and entertainment.
He represents organizations in
significant insurance coverage trials
against
US and European property and casualty insurers.
McKenna is the lead attorney
representing Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) in seeking insurance coverage for class-action lawsuits brought by various stockholders of MSGE and MSG Networks, (MSGN). Those stockholders are alleging wrongful acts and damages resulting from a transaction in which MSGN merged with a subsidiary of MSGE.
Kenneth Frenchman
advises clients in litigation and arbitrations for damages
due to
a breach of contract, bad faith, attempted rescission of policies, and other actions.
He is acting as lead counsel
representing
Publix Super Markets in connection with its claim for insurance coverage related to
opioid sales by
its pharmacies.
The case is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Two lawyers on
Benchmark’s
40 & under list are
Meredith Elkins,
who focuses on insurance coverage and commercial and intellectual property and
Orrie Levy,
who concentrates on directors’-and-officers' liability insurance coverage and matters relating to property insurance.
They are also on the team
representing Walmart.
