Firm Affiliation
Senior Associate
Summary of Experience
Mr. Cotlar joined the firm in 2000. Since joining the firm, he has concentrated his practice on Workers' Compensation litigation and asbestos related litigation. He has extensive experience representing workers, employers and self-insured employers in Workers' Compensation litigation at all levels, from Administrative Proceedings before the Workers' Compensation judges through the appellate process in the Commonwealth Court. He also has considerable experience in litigating motor vehicle accident and slip-and-fall cases. He has experience in copyright issues working as in-house counsel for a local importer. He regularly participates as an Arbitrator in the Philadelphia Civil Arbitration Program.
Selected Individual Accomplishments
 Proved that two Workers' Compensation claimants were not in the accident in which they claimed to have been injured. Since that decision became final, he has been participating in the ongoing criminal action against both claimants.
Litigated a Workers' Compensation case followed by a criminal case based upon the claimant's fraudulent collection of benefits resulting in a criminal sentence of 2½ to 5 years.
Reported Cases or Decisions
Clarence A. Williams v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (City of Philadelphia), 119 Pa. Commw. 127, 546 A.2d 747, (1988)
Publications/Seminars/Lectures
Regularly makes presentations to employers, insurance carriers, unions and groups of employers including the Delaware Valley Health Care Network.
Admissions
Pennsylvania - 1984
New Jersey - 1984
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - 1985
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - 1985
Education
Widener University School of Law, J.D. - 1984
La Salle University, B.A. - 1972
Personal Information
Born February 13, 1951
Married, two sons
Member, Union League of Philadelphia
Eagle Scout and a past member of the Camping Committee of the Philadelphia Boy Scouts of America
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