[ Press Release ]
Duane Morris Adds Two Trial Partners in Philadelphia
December 20, 2006
PHILADELPHIA, December 20, 2006 - Duane Morris LLP is pleased to welcome James E. Brown and Kristin Werner to the firm's Philadelphia office as partners in the Trial Practice Group. Both join the firm from Cozen O'Connor.
James and Kristin both have served as lead trial and appellate counsel in matters involving insurance coverage and complex commercial disputes in many state and federal courts. They are admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In addition, James is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Kristin is also admitted to practice in New York. They co-wrote the chapter on issue and claim preclusion under the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (2nd ed., 2005).
James Brown focuses his practice on commercial litigation, including complex insurance coverage disputes and litigation arising out of environmental and mass tort claims. His article "Standing and Direct Review in Appellate Court" was published in the Temple Law Quarterly. James was the 1988 recipient of the J. Howard Reber Memorial Award for writing. He earned his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1988, where he was an editor of the Temple Law Review, after graduating with a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in 1985.
Kristin Werner concentrates her practice on commercial disputes including toxic tort, insurance coverage and business tort litigation. After earning her B.A. from Saint Joseph's University in 1990, she graduated with a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1993, where she was a member of the Villanova Law Review.
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