Bruce Meckler

Biography

Bruce R. Meckler serves as vice-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department and chair of Legal Fee Solutions LLC. He is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and Management Committee. Prior to joining Cozen O'Connor, he was a founder and co-chairman of Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP in Chicago. Bruce began his career as a prosecutor in the State’s Attorney’s Office of Cook County, Illinois as an assistant state’s attorney. Bruce has been providing clients with litigation and counseling services for three decades. As an active litigator, Bruce’s practice consists of high-profile, complex commercial, insurance, professional liability, non-compete/trade secret and constitutional/political litigation. As an adjunct to his professional liability practice, Bruce frequently serves as an attorney’s fee expert and is regularly retained to assist litigants in managing their high stakes litigation. Bruce has conducted in excess of 500 legal bill audits involving in excess of $5 billions of dollars in legal fees.

Bruce currently serves as a gubernatorial appointee on the Judicial Inquiry Board for the State of Illinois. This nine-member board investigates and prosecutes allegations of judicial misconduct or incapacity against active Illinois state court judges – reviewing complaints, determining if an investigation is appropriate, determining which matters will be prosecuted. Bruce previously was a long-standing appointee to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Standing Committee of Professional Responsibility, advising the Illinois Supreme Court on the ethical rules governing attorneys in Illinois.  Bruce recently served as Special Counsel for the United States before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal of the World Court in the Hague.

Bruce services as an ex-officio director on the Board of Trustees at the John Marshall Law School and on the Board of Advisors at GEMS World Academy.

Education

No information available.

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: IL