Biography
Edward Cahn, former Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, concentrates his practice in complex litigation and dispute resolution. Since joining Blank Rome, Judge Cahn has mediated over 1,300 separate controversies. He serves a wide range of clients in matters such as:
- ERISA
- Corporate—shareholder actions, securities litigation
- Antitrust
- Commercial
- Alternate dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
Judge Cahn began his service as a judge in 1975, and was chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1993 to 1998. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Lehigh County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Previously, Judge Cahn was a Tresolini Lecturer in law at Lehigh University, an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers-Camden Law School, and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lehigh University in 2002.
He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1994 to 1996, Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources from 1993 to 1998 and Judicial Conference for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 1993 to 1998. Judge Cahn maintains offices in Allentown and Philadelphia.
News & Views
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Seth D. Lamden, Barry Abrams, Kevin J. Baum, Matthew A. Homyk, Regina Stango Kelbon, Christopher A. Lewis
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America®
Russell T. Wong, Mark I. Rabinowitz, Kevin J. Bruno, Mark R. Haskell, Scott M. Kaplan, Sarah H. Frazier
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Honor
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America®
Barry Abrams, John A. Adkins, Natalie Alameddine, Rick Antonoff, Samar Aryani-Sabet, D. Morgan Barry
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Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2021 Best Lawyers in America®
Natalie Alameddine, Gregory S. Bergman, Ann E. Querns, John P. Wixted, Stephen C. Zumbrun, Noe S. Hamra
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Emerging Litigation and Employment Issues for In-House Counsel
Roy W. Arnold, Gregory M. Bordo, Bridget Mayer Briggs, Jayme L. Butcher, Leigh Ann Buziak, Edward N. Cahn
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Honor
Blank Rome Attorneys Designated 2020 "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers®
Kevin J. Bruno, Edward N. Cahn, Lawrence F. Flick II, Regina Stango Kelbon, James R. Murray
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Blank Rome Hosts Trial Academy IX at Philadelphia City Hall
Jerry D. Bernstein, Edward N. Cahn, James T. Giles, Stephen M. Orlofsky, Barry Abrams, Natalie Alameddine
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Annual Labor & Employment Law Briefing: Assessing the Impacts of a Banner Year and Planning for What Comes Next
Leigh Ann Buziak, Edward N. Cahn, James T. Giles, Anthony B. Haller, Brooke T. Iley, Stephanie Gantman Kaplan
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Emerging Litigation and Employment Issues for In-House Counsel
Leigh Ann Buziak, Edward N. Cahn, Lisa M. Campisi, Amy Joseph Coles, James T. Giles, Michael A. Iannucci
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Labor & Employment Law Briefing: Assessing the Most Challenging Year to Date and Planning for What Comes Next
Brooke T. Iley, Susan L. Bickley, Mark Blondman, Edward N. Cahn, Caroline Powell Donelan, James T. Giles
Recognitions
- 2023–2025, Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mediation in Philadelphia, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2005–2021, Arbitration and Mediation in Philadelphia, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2020, “Lawyer of the Year” in Arbitration, Philadelphia, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2017, “Lawyer of the Year” for Mediation in Philadelphia, listed by Best Lawyers in America®
Affiliations
Memberships
- Bar Association of Lehigh County
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Credentials
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Lehigh University, BA, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
- Yale Law School, JD