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Honors + Affiliations
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Faculty Member, Academy of Advocacy
Faculty Lecturer, Temple Law School LL.M. in Trial Advocacy
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2006–2009) and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006–2010)
Noted in The Legal 500 for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation—ERISA Litigation (2007)
Noted in The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment—ERISA Litigation (2008)
Recipient, 2004 ABA Francis Perkins Award for Pro Bono Service
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Philadelphia
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2009 |
Michael Banks and J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, The AmLaw Litigation Daily |
Gordon Cooney and Michael Banks are featured as AmLaw's "Litigators of the Week" for the latest development in their representation of John Thompson, which began in 1988. |
| Sep 10, 2003 |
Dead Man Walking |
When two Philadelphia lawyers took the case of a man on death row, they had one goal: to save his life. After years of work, they discovered they'd been fighting the wrong battle all along. |
| Sep 10, 2003 |
Blood Work |
High-powered lawyering—and a well-timed bit of luck—add up to an eleventh-hour reprieve for an inmate on Louisiana's death row. |
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