McKool Smith Partners Leave to Form Insurance Recovery Practice

Four McKool Smith insurance recovery partners led by Robin Cohen have started a new firm, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, in New York.

The effort includes McKool Smith’s Adam Ziffer, Kenneth Frenchman, and Keith McKenna, and the new practice has more than 20 lawyers and staff, according to the firm’s Tuesday announcement.

“This was the right time to start our own firm,” said Cohen, the firm’s chair. “Our tight-knit team has never been stronger, and the issues confronting our clients have never been more consequential.”

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