Howard Schweitzer is a nationally recognized lawyer and lobbyist. He is the CEO of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies and a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Board of Directors. Howard is rare among senior political advisors for having served in high-level executive branch positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations, including under presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Howard’s bipartisan bonafides and deep knowledge of the political process and players allow him to provide even-handed, pragmatic advice that helps clients achieve their goals. The headlines may focus on partisan division and political intransigence, but the hard work of policymaking, legislating, and regulatory enforcement continues behind the scenes. Howard counsels clients on critical regulatory and policy issues, provides strategic political advice, directs multi-jurisdictional lobbying campaigns, and coordinates advocacy efforts at every level of government. Howard joined Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies in January 2010 and has since spearhead the firm’s expansion. Under his leadership, Public Strategies has grown from three regional offices to nine nationwide, established significant operations in the three largest cities in the U.S. and Washington, D.C., and assembled what may be the most diverse lobbying team in the country. Prior to entering private practice, Howard held several prominent roles in the executive branch. In 2008, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the initiative tasked with stabilizing the country’s financial system in the wake of the global financial crisis. Howard was a key point person on the federal government’s response throughout the Great Recession and a recipient of the Treasury Department’s Distinguished Service Award. Before moving to Treasury, Howard served at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) as a trusted adviser to five successive chief executives. He first joined the Ex-Im Bank as a staff attorney during the Clinton administration and worked his way up the ranks, eventually becoming the Snr Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, & Chief Ethics Officer, appointed by President George W. Bush. At Ex-Im, Howard helped negotiate the bank’s most complex international financial transactions, manage its $60B credit portfolio, and led the senate confirmation process for dozens of presidential nominees. Howard is a regular contributor to political media outlets. He has been published in Fortune, Forbes, The Daily Caller, and The Washington Post, and has appeared as a guest on CNN and POTUS Politics. He co-hosts Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies’ podcast, Beltway Briefing, which covers political and policy developments in Washington. In his pro bono practice, Howard regularly represents a leading mental health nonprofit and serves on the Children’s National Medical Center Corporate Advisory Council. He earned his law degree from George Washington University Law School and his Bachelor of Arts in history, with distinction, from the University of Michigan.

Barry is one of the leading white-collar criminal defense attorneys in the country. He serves as co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department and co-chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice Group. In his nearly four decades of practice, Barry has successfully defended companies and individuals under scrutiny for a wide range of criminal activities, including allegations of price-fixing, money laundering, fraud, environmental offenses, gambling, bribery, political corruption, racketeering, and other offenses. Barry guides clients, whether as target, subject, or witness, through every phase of the criminal justice process — from high-stakes governmental and internal investigations to jury trials and appeals. A nationally known leader in federal sentencing, Barry is frequently retained to handle the sentencing phase of criminal proceedings and has a record of obtaining sentences lower than requested by prosecutors. Barry is a former co-chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Practitioners Advisory Group, frequently writes and lectures on sentencing issues, and is a trusted source on sentencing policy for national media organizations. Since 2012, Barry has also served on the executive committee of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, and he is currently that Inn’s program director. In this role, Barry closely tracks major developments in white collar law and is embedded in a professional community comprising the nation’s top defenders, prosecutors, and jurists. He co-authors the biannually updated Federal Criminal Practice, a 800-page treatise for criminal defense attorneys. Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor in April 2004, Barry served as an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C. for five years. Among his many honors and recognitions, Barry has been ranked by Chambers USA for more than a decade and is consistently recognized as a Washington, D.C. Top 10 or Top 100 Super Lawyer. He was named an ALM Trailblazer (2021) for his innovative work on behalf of the gaming industry, and Washingtonian Magazine inducted him into its “Top Lawyers Hall of Fame” based on 15 years of peer nominations. Indeed, colleagues and peers are unstinting in their praise. Barry is described as: “a top-rate lawyer with great judgment,” “one of the most respected attorneys in the nation’s capital,” and a lawyer of choice for GCs thanks to his “can-do approach, the importance he places on client service, and his unparalleled responsiveness.” One client recently wrote, “Thank you so much for being our lantern through this process. It’s difficult to put into words how grateful we are.” Barry earned his Bachelor of Arts from Bates College and his law degree, with high honors, from George Washington University, where he was a member of Order of the Coif.

Andrew Baer is the founder and chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Technology, Privacy & Data Security practice. He was among the first attorneys in the country to launch a dedicated technology practice and has led development of a unique multidisciplinary approach to tech, privacy, IP, cyber, and internet law. Today, Andrew’s practice focuses on advising sophisticated clients on cutting-edge technology transactions and privacy/cybersecurity compliance. He represents diverse clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 giants, including financial institutions, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS companies, digital interactive agencies, adtech companies, online ad networks, data brokers, mobile app developers, life sciences companies, media monitors, and e-commerce companies. Andrew regularly leads mission-critical deals — from both the buy-side and sell-side — that implicate issues in cloud computing, software, data privacy, security compliance, copyrights and trademarks, digital advertising systems and platforms, and interactive marketing compliance. He is deeply knowledgeable about state, federal, and international legal regimes relating to data privacy and cybersecurity. Since joining Cozen O’Connor, Andy has built a technology practice leading the way on team training, client service, and alternative fee structures. Before coming to Cozen O’Connor, Andrew served for 10 years as managing partner of Baer Crossey McDemus, a technology and venture capital boutique that he co-founded. Prior to that, he was lead tech/IP/privacy counsel at Advanta Corp., chief legal officer to a life sciences technology company, and an attorney in the intellectual property and information technology practice groups of WolfBlock. Andrew is a frequent speaker, author, podcaster, and blogger. He is a lecturer at The Wharton School, a faculty member with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and other continuing legal education groups, and a national contributor to online and print legal publications on technology and cybersecurity law. In 2010, Andrew co-authored the “Corporate Security and Privacy Duties, Policies and Forms” chapter of West’s Data Security and Privacy Law treatise. Andrew earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from University of Chicago Law School.