James H. Heller, chair of the firm's Products Liability Practice Group, joined the firm in August 1985. He is a member in the Philadelphia office and vice chair of the Commercial Litigation Department. During his tenure at Cozen O’Connor, Jim has had extensive litigation experience, trying numerous cases to verdict in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Jim is the national coordinating attorney and national trial attorney for an international product manufacturer. He has litigated hundreds of products' liability matters throughout the United States. Jim has also litigated numerous commercial disputes, including complex breach of contract actions, shareholder derivative actions and litigation arising out of the sale or merger of publicly held companies. He has prosecuted fraud practices by health care providers, attorneys and claimants. He also has intellectual property litigation experience having prosecuted claims throughout the United States for patent, copyright, and trademark infringement.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Michigan in 1982, and his J.D. at the University of Miami in 1985. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta.