Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.

What Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C. does

Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. is a Philadelphia-based plaintiffs' litigation firm operating as a Pennsylvania professional corporation from 1600 Market Street, Suite 2500. Founded by Harold E. Kohn in the late 1960s, the firm has practiced for over 50 years and is led today by shareholders and directors Joseph C. Kohn, Robert A. Swift, Robert J. LaRocca, and William E. Hoese, supported by additional shareholders, associates, and of counsel. The roster totals eight named attorneys plus professional staff, paralegals, and legal assistants.

The firm's work is organized across eight practice areas: Antitrust; Civil Rights; Commercial and Complex Litigation; Human Rights / Anti-Terrorism; Human Trafficking, Abuse and Coercive Control; Privacy, Consumer Protection and Class Actions; Securities and Corporate Litigation; and Transactions and Estates. Its case docket is dominated by large-scale, often multi-district class actions and complex civil litigation. Landmark outcomes include a $2 billion judgment against Ferdinand Marcos in the first human rights class action in world history, $7.5 billion in Holocaust-related recoveries for more than two million victims, $359.5 million-plus in the automotive parts antitrust litigation, and a $220 million dairy antitrust settlement, alongside active work on data breach, civil rights, securities, and human trafficking matters.

The firm generates revenue primarily through contingency fee arrangements on class actions and complex litigation, with hourly or fixed fee arrangements for certain matters. Case evaluation is offered at no charge, and clients engage directly rather than through intermediaries. Marketing is driven by reputation, court appointments as lead or co-lead counsel, referrals from co-counsel networks, and earned media coverage of high-profile matters. There is no technology platform, API, or proprietary software product — service delivery is fundamentally attorney labor.

Name

Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.

Legal name

Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C.

Website

https://kohnswift.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. is a Philadelphia-based plaintiffs' litigation firm with eight named attorneys and over 50 years of history, representing individuals and class members in antitrust, civil rights, human rights, securities, and consumer protection matters on a contingency fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiffs' Litigation Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Plaintiffs litigation services
• Antitrust class actions
• Securities class actions
• Civil rights litigation
• Human rights litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency and Hourly Fees: The firm generates revenue through legal fees for litigation services, including class action lawsuits, complex civil litigation, antitrust cases, securities litigation, civil rights cases, human rights litigation, and human trafficking cases. The firm works on a contingency fee basis for many class actions where fees are contingent upon successful recovery, as well as potentially hourly or fixed fee arrangements for certain matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C. is a Philadelphia-based plaintiffs' litigation law firm representing individuals, classes, and institutional investors in complex civil litigation. The firm specializes in antitrust class actions, securities fraud, civil rights, human rights/anti-terrorism, human trafficking, consumer protection, and commercial disputes, frequently serving as lead or co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation and recovering billions of dollars for clients.

Product overview

Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C. is a law firm organized as a Pennsylvania professional corporation offering legal representation through eight distinct practice areas: Antitrust Litigation, Civil Rights Litigation, Commercial and Complex Litigation, Human Rights/Anti-Terrorism Litigation, Human Trafficking/Abuse/Coercive Control Litigation, Privacy/Consumer Protection/Class Actions, Securities and Corporate Litigation, and Transactions and Estates. The firm specializes in class action litigation, representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies and multi-billion-dollar public pension funds in complex civil matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Antitrust Litigation

Quantifiable outcome

• $359.5 million+ recovered in automotive parts antitrust litigation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin (David Rudovsky)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2021Co-counsel relationship with David Rudovsky of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin on the courtesy tow civil rights litigation against the City of Philadelphia. Worked together on cases filed in May 2021 and December 2022.
• Roberts Law FirmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel with Roberts Law Firm on antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of farmers against pesticide manufacturers.
• Cohen & MaladminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel with Cohen & Malad on antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of farmers against pesticide manufacturers.
• Preti FlahertyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel with Preti Flaherty on antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of farmers against pesticide manufacturers.
• Co-Counsel Network (Various)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm works with co-counsel throughout the country in major class actions and complex litigation matters. In the automotive parts antitrust litigation alone, Kohn Swift worked with co-counsel in over 20 different parts cases.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Motley Rice: South Carolina-based plaintiffs' firm with leading mass tort, antitrust, securities, and human rights practices (notably the 9/11 and asbestos litigations). Comparable to Kohn Swift because both pursue landmark national and international cases, frequently serve as lead or co-lead counsel in MDLs, and operate on contingency fees.
• Seeger Weiss: New York/New Jersey-based plaintiffs' firm with leading mass tort, class action, and complex litigation practices. Comparable to Kohn Swift in its contingency-based plaintiff representation, MDL leadership, and pursuit of billion-dollar aggregate recoveries across practice areas.
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd: San Diego-based plaintiffs' firm that is a dominant player in securities class actions and pursues major antitrust and consumer protection cases. Comparable to Kohn Swift in its class action focus, court-appointed lead counsel status, and reliance on contingency fee economics in MDLs.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann: New York-based plaintiffs' firm specializing in securities class actions, institutional investor litigation, and corporate governance cases. Comparable to Kohn Swift in its representation of institutional investors in securities fraud matters and contingency-fee class action model.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll: Washington, D.C. plaintiffs' firm with Tier 1 antitrust, securities, civil rights, and human rights practices. Directly comparable to Kohn Swift in its plaintiff-side class action focus, federal court appointment as lead counsel, and contingency-fee model on large public-impact cases.
• Susman Godfrey: Houston-based commercial litigation and class action firm with strong plaintiff-side antitrust and complex litigation practice. Comparable to Kohn Swift because both take complex, high-stakes cases to trial on contingency and compete for major commercial class action appointments.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: San Francisco-based nationally recognized plaintiffs' firm with deep antitrust, consumer protection, securities, and human rights class action practices. Highly comparable because both firms compete for co-lead counsel roles in major MDLs and pursue billion-dollar antitrust and consumer recoveries on contingency.
• Hagens Berman: Seattle-based plaintiffs' firm specializing in antitrust, securities, and consumer protection class actions. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized (in headcount) contingency-fee plaintiffs' shop that competes with Kohn Swift for lead counsel appointments in consumer protection and antitrust MDLs.

Broad incumbents

• Boies Schiller Flexner: Large national litigation firm with significant plaintiffs' class action, antitrust, and commercial litigation practices. Comparable to Kohn Swift as a broader incumbent offering overlapping capabilities, though it operates at much larger scale with offices in multiple U.S. cities and a wider practice portfolio.

Emerging players

• Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin: Philadelphia-based civil rights and civil litigation firm that has co-counseled with Kohn Swift on the courtesy tow and excessive force cases. Comparable in that both firms focus on civil rights litigation in the Philadelphia region, though Kairys Rudovsky is more narrowly focused on civil rights rather than antitrust and securities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KohnSwift
• Facebookfacebook.com/KohnSwift
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kohn-swift-&-graf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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