Awards
1997-2021 Top 100 Lawyers in California list by Daily Journal, 1996 | 1997-2021 Top 100 Lawyers in California list by Daily Journal, 2000 | University of California, Hastings College of the Law opened the Cotchett Center for Advocacy, 2000, 2000 | Received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and the trustees of the California State University, 2002, 2002 | To honor Cotchett, California State Polytechnic University renamed its landmark Clock Tower building the “Cotchett Education Building.”, 2004 | 2004-2021 Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers List, 2004 | 2004-2021 Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers List, 2006 | 2004-2020 Top 10 Northern California Super Lawyers list, 2006 | The Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California dedicated the Joseph W. Cotchett Business Lab, 2006, 2006 | Presented with first ever Diversity Award by the San Mateo County Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2011, 2007 | Presented with first ever Diversity Award by the San Mateo County Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2011, 2008 | Presented with first ever Diversity Award by the San Mateo County Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2011, 2010 | Presented with first ever Diversity Award by the San Mateo County Bar Association Diversity Committee, 2011, 2011 | 2015-2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, 2011 | 2015-2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, 2012 | 2015-2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, 2014 | 2015-2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, 2015 | 2015-2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, 2017 | Consistently has been named one of the most influential lawyers in California by legal press, 2017 | Consistently has been named one of the most influential lawyers in California by legal press, 2019 | Consistently has been named one of the most influential lawyers in California by legal press, 2021 | Consistently has been named one of the most influential lawyers in California by legal press
Associations
California Bar Association | New York Bar Association | District of Columbia Bar Association | American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow) | The International Society of Barristers (Fellow) | The American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate) | The International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow) | California Inns of Court (Master)
Speaking
San Mateo County Central Labor Council Honors Joe Cotchett, August 28, 2015 | 15th Annual Trial Lawyer of the Year April 17, 2014 | Mass Torts Made Perfect, April 9, 2014 | 46th Annual CAOC Convention, November 9, 2012 | Judicial Council of California 2011 Distinguished Service Award, December 12, 2011 | Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California's, October 27, 2011 | San Mateo County Bar Association & Diversity Committee Honors Chief Tani Cantil-Sakauye, September 20, 2011 | Consumer Watchdog 2011 Rage for Justice Awards, June 4, 2011 | California League of Conservation Voters' 29th Annual Environmental Leadership Awards, June 2, 2011 | Madoff: The New World of Financial Frauds, June 9, 2010