Hackensack, NJ (June 10, 2025) – Rawle & Henderson partner Floyd G. Cottrell will join a panel discussion entitled, Plaintiffs’ Playbook: Defenses to Broker Liability Claims, on June 12 at Claims and Litigation Management’s (CLM)  FOCUS Conference in Nashville.

The rising trend of broker liability claims in catastrophic injury cases will be examined, focusing on plaintiffs’ legal strategies in pursuing other targets for recovery.  The latest defense tactics and trends in transportation claims resolution will be discussed, as well as the split in the U.S. Courts of Appeal regarding the scope of pre-emption under the Federal Aviation Administration Act, 49 U.S.C. §14502. For more information about CLM’s FOCUS Conference, visit https://events.theclm.org/event/FocusJune2025/overview .

Mr. Cottrell is a member of Rawle & Henderson’s Commercial Motor Vehicle practice group, representing the commercial trucking industry, their drivers and the companies that insure them. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney with more than 40 years of experience defending trucking clients in state and federal courts in New Jersey and New York.  Mr. Cottrell is on the Executive Committee of the CLM Claims College, School of Transportation and has served on its faculty for over 10 years.  He is the current chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s  (IADC) Transportation Committee; vice-chair of the IADC Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee, and co-chair of the CLM Transportation Committee.  For additional information about Mr. Cottrell, go to https://rawle.com/attorneys/floyd-cottrell/.

About Rawle & Henderson LLP:  Founded in 1783, Rawle & Henderson has been recognized by the American Bar Association as the oldest law firm in continuous practice in the United States. With 11 offices in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, its lawyers represent the interests of corporations, businesses, individuals and their insurers.  For more information, visit http://www.rawle.com