Robert J. Cosgrove

Office:

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey

Education:

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, B.S.F.S., Georgetown University

E-Mail:

Tel:

+1 267 239 5526,+1 212 267 1900

Professional Experience

Robert J. Cosgrove is a Partner. Along with Mike Bono, Bob is a member of WCM’s Management Committee which serves as WCM’s Governing Body.

At WCM, Bob:

handles the defense of construction, products liability, premises, trucking and motor vehicle, liquor liability, property damage, construction defect and personal injury cases;
litigates fine arts, jewelers block, cargo and product recall cases;
advises on fraud, data privacy and cyber-security claims and investigations;
resolves first and third-party insurance coverage disputes;
defends errors and omissions and other professional liability lawsuits; and
tries cases and argues appeals in state and federal courts.
personal care home, senior living and home health aid.

Before joining WCM, Bob was an Assistant District Attorney with the Nassau County (NY) District Attorney’s Office. As an ADA, he prosecuted a diversity of cases ranging in severity from violations of the environmental conservation law to gang assaults and high level narcotic transactions.

Bob is a Certified Information Privacy Manager and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, US. He is also OSHA 10 certified.

Professional Activities

Bob is a frequent lecturer and has conducted seminars before such organizations as the International Underwriting Association of London and PLRB as well as for numerous clients.

Bob is a Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and a member of the Regis Bar Association. He previously served as the President of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.

Publications

Start Spreading the News: A Primer on Cyber Legislation in New York, Defense Research Institute’s Data and Security Dispatch, Volume 6, Issue 1 (May 27, 2021) (co-author with John Amato).

Is Our Biometric Data Protected, Counterpoint (December 2020) (co-author with Lauren Berenbaum)

Recent Changes to PA’s Statute of Limitations Spark Coverage Questions, Counterpoint (January 2020) (co-author with Lauren Berenbaum).

Can You Resell Misappropriated Art?, Freeman’s Newsletter, (January 2019) (co-author with Lauren Berenbaum).

Porsches in London: Software, Cars and Recalls, Defense Research Institute Data and Security Dispatch, (December 2018).

Somebody’s Watching Me: Defending Data Breach Claims, Counterpoint, (May 2015) (co-author with Adam Gomez).

Winning One for the Gipper: The Looming Legal Threats to American Football, Counterpoint (December 2012) (co-author with Paul Clark and Adam Gomez).

Surveillance! Out of the Shadows and into the Courtroom, Counterpoint, (April 2012) (co-author with Remy Cahn).

How Many Acts Can Comprise a Single Occurrence? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Weighs In, 2 Bloomberg Law Reports (Insurance Law) 11 (2008).

N.Y. Ins. §3420(d) Does Not Apply to Tenders Between Insurers, 235 N.Y.L.J. 74 (2006) (co-author with John Mulcahy).

Sidewalk Liability Is Transferred from New York City to Landlords, 230 N.Y.L.J. 52 (2003) (co-author with Paul F. Clark).

A New Vision of Lawyers, 26 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1669, (May 1999).

Bar Admissions

New York, Southern District of New York, Northern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; New Jersey, District of New Jersey; Pennsylvania, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania, Third Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Supreme Court

Honors and Distinctions

At Fordham University Bob was a Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics (which is where he met his wife with whom he has four children) and a member of the Fordham Environmental Law Journal. He was inducted into Georgetown University’s Theatre Hall of Fame in 2003.

Bob has been selected as a Pennsylvania SuperLawyer in Insurance Coverage, an honor given to less than 5% of attorneys within the state.

Bob is also a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization comprised of less than 1% of US attorneys who have obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their personal injury clients. He regularly draws upon this experience when he sits as a Judge Pro Tempore handling settlement conferences in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Bob has also been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a research organization dedicated to the study of law, legal institutions, and legal processes.