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Litigation

Dec. 23, 2015

Nossaman attorney backs church in pro bono case

Nossaman LLP insurance attorney Joan Cotkin provided vital pro bono help to a small church

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Conflicts among leadership can be a stressful thing, but thanks to Nossaman LLP insurance attorney Joan M. Cotkin, it won't mean the end for a small Bakersfield church.

Cotkin was contacted by the defense attorney for St. John Missionary Baptist Church, which was involved in a lawsuit over a dispute between separate groups of church members. Her fight was not with either set of churchgoers, ...

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