Chicago Rabbi Advances Fraud Claim Against Cozen O’Connor

Cozen O’Connor PC must face part of a longtime Chicago rabbi’s lawsuit accusing the law firm of working with his former synagogue to wrongfully reduce his retirement benefits.

Stanley Kroll, who served as Chicago Loop Synagogue’s full-time rabbi for nearly 40 years, is moving forward with claims that the Philadelphia-based firm aided and abetted the synagogue’s fraudulent conduct. Kroll adequately alleged that Cozen attorneys knowingly participated in the synagogue’s fraudulent plan to diminish his benefits, including by drafting an amendment to his deferred compensation plan, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ...