Melissa Brill

Melissa Brill


Cozen O'Connor

Recognized since 2018

New York, New York

Practice Areas

Insurance Law

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Melissa Brill represents major professional liability, property and general liability insurers in complex insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, and products liability throughout the country. Melissa counsels and represents insurers in a wide variety of coverage disputes, including complex commercial matters, bank failures, mass toxic torts, September 11 and Hurricane losses.

Melissa renders coverage opinions and advises insurers on insurance-related matters. She also represents clients in commercial litigation and appeals.

She actively supports non-profit and for-profit boards. Melissa has served on the Board of Directors of Homesite Insurance Company of New York and non-profits: Young Leadership Counsel, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Park Slope Afterschool Center Corps (PSACC). Melissa has been named to Cozen O’Connor’s Pro Bono Honor Roll every year for the past 12 years for her representation of pro bono clients. Her pro bono representations include enforcing women’s rights under the Violence Against Women Act, seeking asylum in the United States on behalf of unaccompanied minors and obtaining reparations for Holocaust victims.

Melissa regularly presents on various topics including Excess and Umbrella Insurance, Negotiation Strategies, Roll of Coverage Counsel, Issues Impacting Multi-National Claims Handling, Construction Defect Coverage and more.

Location
  • 3WTC
    175 Greenwich Street, 55th Floor
    New York, NY 10007
Education
  • Temple University, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Penn State, B.A., graduated 1991
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, New Jersey
  • New York, New York
  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Cozen O'Connor
Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

156 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

92 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Insurance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Insurance

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