James Coster

Practice Areas

Mr. Coster is chair of the Securities Litigation division of Duane Morris’ Trial Practice Group and co-managing partner of the firm's New York office. He is also a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Mr. Coster is a trial attorney with experience in a broad array of complex commercial litigation, particularly on behalf of financial institutions. He has counseled and litigated on behalf of U.S. and European corporations in connection with investigations, securities law issues, antitrust, complex contract matters, insolvency, unfair competition, insurance coverage, intellectual property, lender liability, labor and personnel matters and real estate related litigation.

Mr. Coster has represented such clients as Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., IBM, Exxon, Johnson & Johnson, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Bank of Montreal, Investors Bank, Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Calvin Klein, Inc., PVH Corp., Menard Inc., Albanese Organization, Inc. and the Brunswick Corporation in complex litigation matters.

Personal

St. John's University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1990; Boston College, B.A., 1987