Martin Duffey joined Cozen O'Connor in 1989 and practices in the Philadelphia office's Subrogation & Recovery Department. He concentrates his practice in complex litigation matters, including products liability, fire and flood losses, construction defects, bodily injury and medical malpractice. He has successfully litigated cases throughout the United States on behalf of clients who have suffered catastrophic personal, property and business income losses. He is co-chair of the firm' personal injury practice group. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Martin graduated from St. Joseph’s University (B.A. magna cum laude, 1986), earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1989), and his master of law degree in Trial Advocacy from Temple University Beasley School of Law (LL.M., 2010). Martin served as hiring partner for Cozen O’Connor from 2003 to 2005, improving the ranking of the firm’s Summer Associate Program from near last in the nation to number one and two in consecutive years. He was also actively involved in the firm’s nationwide expansion efforts and was part of the team that opened Cozen O’Connor’s new offices in Houston and New York City.Martin has been honored by the Legal Intelligencer as an “Unsung Hero” for his pro bono work on a precedential asylum case that he argued twice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia and once before the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Va. Martin is active in the community having served the office of the mayor as an adviser to a study on neighborhood revitalization as part of Philadelphia’s 21st Century Review Forum. He previously served as president of the board of directors of the Upper Main Line YMCA, Berwyn Branch, and also served as a director of the Upper Main Line YMCA’s Association Board and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.