Richard A. Koffman  Richard Koffman, a Partner at the Firm, joined Cohen Milstein in 2003 and is a member of the Antitrust practice group. He is also a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.
He is currently serving as counsel for plaintiffs in, among other cases, In re Rubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ca.); In re Polyester Staple Antitrust Litigation (W.D.N.C.); and In re Urethane Antitrust Litigation (D. Kan.).
Mr. Koffman came to Cohen Milstein after four years as a senior trial attorney with the Antitrust and Civil Rights Divisions of the United States Department of Justice. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, he spent seven years in private practice, with Fine, Kaplan and Black in Philadelphia (working primarily on antitrust class actions and other complex commercial litigation) and then with Bernabei & Katz in Washington, D.C. (handling employment discrimination cases). While at Fine Kaplan, Mr. Koffman was actively involved in litigating several successful antitrust class actions on behalf of plaintiffs and classes, including In re Nasdaq Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) (settled for more than $1 billion); In re Polypropylene Carpet Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ga.); In re Commercial Explosives Antitrust Litigation (D. Utah); and In re Drill Bits Antitrust Litigation (S.D. Tex.).
Immediately after law school, he served as a judicial clerk for Judge James B. McMillan of the Western District of North Carolina, and for Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Mr. Koffman is the author of It’s Not The First Time: Fudging the Truth in Discovery Proceedings Didn’t Start with Clinton, Legal Times, August 24, 1998.
He is a graduate of Yale Law School (J.D., 1990), where he was a Senior Editor of the Law Journal, and Wesleyan University, from which he received a B.A., with honors, in English (1986).
Mr. Koffman is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Contact: rkoffman@cmht.com Practice Area: |
