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Two Cohen & Grigsby Attorneys Tapped to Lead Case Management Reform Effort in Collier County, Florida

Andrew I. Solis, Kelley Geraghty Price Appointed to Committee on Case Management Reform

PITTSBURGH, PA – December 7, 2009 – Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and offices in Naples and Bonita Springs, FL, is pleased to announce that two of its Florida litigation attorneys will play a key role in modifying and improving the case management system in Collier County. The Collier County Bar Association and the administrative judge for the Circuit Court in Collier County have appointed Andrew I. Solis and Kelley Geraghty Price to the newly formed Committee on Case Management Reform. Solis will serve as co-chair of the committee.

“This committee has an important task ahead,” said Solis, a director of the firm and member of the Litigation Practice Group in Cohen & Grigsby’s Florida offices. “The Committee’s task is to develop a new case management process for civil litigation. The new case management procedures will fundamentally change the way in which civil litigation will proceed in Collier County, especially complex civil litigation.”

“When our work is complete, we hopefully will have created a more organized and discernible system for managing the caseload involving these litigation matters,” added Price, also a director of the firm and member of the Litigation Practice Group in the firm’s Florida offices. “Such results will benefit everyone involved – the judges, the courts, the attorneys and the interested parties.”

In conjunction with the Office of the County Clerk and the judiciary, the Committee on Case Management Reform will develop a case management system for legal matters that are ultimately designated as “complex litigation” under the recently-adopted Florida Complex Litigation Rule. The committee’s work will include developing criteria for designating cases as “complex litigation.” Committee members will also propose forms of case management orders, trial orders, and discovery orders consistent with a new case management system.

“Andy and Kelley are both top-notch litigators who have a broad-based understanding of the inner workings of the court system in Collier County,” said Jack Elliott, president and CEO of Cohen & Grigsby. “We are very pleased with their active involvement in this important reform effort.”

The Committee on Case Management Reform is expected to complete its work and submit its recommendations to the court in January of 2010.

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