Joseph Ziemianski

Practice Areas

Joseph Ziemianski concentrates his practice in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation involving a wide array of first- and third-party claims including professional liability, pollution, food contamination, pharmaceutical products, construction defect litigation, advertising injury, and medical devices. He has acted as lead counsel in many high-profile insurance coverage suits across the United States. Joe also devotes a significant portion of his practice to counseling clients on evaluating and reducing risk on complex liability and coverage issues including the defense of insureds in high stakes litigation.

Career

Co-chair, Global Insurance Department, Cozen O’Connor

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel; Member, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage and Tort Committees, and the State Bar of Texas, Insurance Coverage Section.

Publications

“Ultimate Game-Changer? Concussion-Related Injuries and Litigation” (FDCC Insights, 2017). "Ninth Circuit (California): Hamas Attacks on Israel Do Not Trigger the War Exclusions" (Cozen O'Connor, 2019)

Personal

Tulane University Law School Cum Laude, J.D; Fulbright Scholar, University of Warsaw Law Institute in Poland; University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., graduated with Highest Honors

Work Highlights

Joe has recently presented to a variety of clients within the insurance industry. Some of these presentation topics include:

1. Deposition of a Claims Adjuster on a Closed File

2. A New Age Term for An Age Old Problem

3. How to Maintain a Claim File to Avoid Bad Faith Exposure

4. Social Inflation and Nuclear Verdicts

5. Additional Insurance and Risk Allocation