Former partners and leaders from one the country”™s leading insurance defense law firms ”“ Michael Coffey, Robert Modica and Juliann O”™Meara ”“ have launched a progressive, cutting-edge law firm focused on insurance defense. Named Coffey Modica O”™Meara LLP (CMO) and based in White Plains, the firm also has offices in Manhattan, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The co-founders worked in managerial positions for other national law firms before embarking on the formation of their firm.
“We wanted to shift the paradigm of how law firms practice,” said Coffey, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and one of the insurance industry”™s top trial attorneys and litigators. “We offer attorneys and staff a “Google-like” culture, with an office hoteling model similar to what consulting firms have used for years, access to the highest technology, e-bikes to ride to court and other local-area destinations, video games in the conference room, generous benefits and other perks to promote the culture we feel is important to foster in a post-Covid world.”
“Times have changed,” said O”™Meara. “We can”™t return to old ways; we have to adapt. And that”™s what we are doing”¦.”
Since launching the firm in August, the firm has grown from its initial three to a total of 13 attorneys ”“ two senior counsels, two of counsel and six associates ”“ and four staff.
CMO represents all major insurers throughout the country as well as Lloyd”™s of London syndicates and leading self-insured companies.
