Stephanie L. Kosta
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1103
Fax: +1 215 405 2923
Email:
skosta@duanemorris.com
Stephanie L. Kosta represents a diverse clientele in complex business litigation, class actions, liquidation / bankruptcy, and employment disputes, including appeals and petitions to the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Kosta provides counsel in government relations, as well on litigation alternatives, including settlement and mediation. She served as an intern in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as a judicial intern for Chief Justice Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Kosta served as Special Counsel to the Chairman and Chairman Pro Tem of the United States Postal Service Board of Governors. In this role she advised on business, financial, employment, and policy issues relating to the management of the USPS.
Ms. Kosta is a 2002 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a staff member of The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, and a summa cum laude graduate of Temple University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is conversant in American Sign Language.
Areas of Practice
- Class Action Litigation
- Mass Torts
- Eminent Domain and Land Valuation
- White-Collar Criminal Law
Representative Matters
- Defended Fortune 100 retailer in national wage-and-hour class action.
- Represented a hedge fund in a multijurisdictional contract dispute.
- Defended a government agency in a complex labor and procurement action in which the plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to block a project valued in excess of $100 million dollars.
- Litigated and settled trademark dispute between two Fortune 500 companies.
- Represented national homebuilder in wage-and-hour class action. Negotiated settlement of case for one-thirtieth of the original demand.
- Defended Fortune 100 media company in multimillion-dollar international contract dispute.
- Defended company against claim by senior corporate officer seeking compensation under wage payment laws and compensation agreements. After filing aggressive dispositive motions, negotiated a settlement that the client found favorable.
- Defended healthcare system in large employment class action.
- Defended a major airline against a racial discrimination class action.
- Represented landowner in eminent domain action. Settled matter following a four-week jury trial for five times the highest pre-trial settlement offer.
- Assisted major builder in obtaining government funding for business and studio development.
- Counseled plaintiff in a sexual harassment matter involving a religious institution.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2002
- Staff Member, The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2012-present
- Associate, 2009-2011 - WolfBlock LLP
- Associate, 2002-2009 - The Supreme Court of the United States
- Judicial Intern, 1998
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board, Appointed by Gov. Rendell (2009 - current)
- St. John's Chrysostom Church
- Member, Board of Directors
Honors and Awards
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2007, 2010-2012
Selected Publications
- Author, "All I Needed to Become Partner I Learned in Elementary School," The Legal Intelligencer, February 2, 2012
