Trent Cotney - RCS Influencer
The October 2025 Cotney Brief
By Emma Peterson. Stay up to date with roofing legal updates from the past month! If you haven’t heard about the Cotney Briefs, they are a powerful resource that keeps contractors up to date and informed about the legal side of the roofing industry. Written by Trent Cotney, a partner ...
Roofing in a deregulatory era
By Emma Peterson. Trent Cotney breaks down key policies and regulations that are changing how contractors operate. From OSHA and the Department of Labor to the EPA, a lot of federal regulations have shifted or changed in the last couple of years. To dive into the big changes that ...
Preparing for immigration enforcement
By Emma Peterson. The best way to stay compliant and protect your people during immigration policy changes is to prepare thoroughly. If you’ve tuned in to the news recently, you’ve probably heard a lot of chatter about changing immigration policies. There’s a lot of information out there, and it can ...
Stay informed: September 2025 roofing legal updates
By Emma Peterson. From permits in Louisiana to lien law in Florida, Trent Cotney gives insights on legal changes across the country. Trent Cotney, a partner with Adams and Reese, is a well-known name in the roofing world. He specializes in roofing litigation and arbitration and has spent the last ...
Top September articles: Taking care of the industry's future
By Emma Peterson. From mental health care to workforce development and economic outlooks, this month we’ve been talking a lot about the future of roofing. Our Coffee Shops crew has been busy this month, publishing more than 200 articles across RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop and CoatingsCoffeeShop! It can be hard to keep ...
Sustainability sells
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says that a lot of private investors are looking for sustainability as part of whatever pitch they get. Editor's note: The following is a transcript of a conversation between Alex Tolle and Trent Cotney, partner of Adams and Reese. You can listen to the interview or read ...
Adams & Reese adds seasoned construction litigator Ric Asfar as partner in Tampa
Asfar joins an Adams & Reese Tampa office that has close to 30 construction attorneys. The AmLaw 200 firm of Adams & Reese continues to grow its nationally ranked construction practice with the addition of Richard “Ric” Asfar as a partner in the Tampa office. Asfar is a civil litigator and ...
NCPI calls for clear limits on OSHA’s multi‑employer citation doctrine to strengthen worker safety and reduce litigation
New white paper proposes statutory and regulatory reforms, including a safe harbor that lets prime contractors assist subcontractors with training, PPE and technology without automatically assuming liability. The National Construction Policy Institute (NCPI) has released a landmark white paper, “Rethinking OSHA’s Multi‑Employer Citation Doctrine,” which outlines a practical, legally durable framework ...
Be 1% bigger and better every day
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says scaling a business means taking a step back and looking inward. Editor's note: The following is a transcript of a live interview with RCS Influencer Trent Cotney, partner of Adams and Reese. You can read the interview below, listen to podcast or watch the recording. Alex Tolle: ...
Walking through WRE 2025
By Emma Peterson. Joel Viera and Alec Ward share what to expect from this year’s Western Roofing Expo! In a new episode of Roofing Road Trips®, Megan Ellsworth sat down with the leadership team behind the Western States Roofing Contractors Association (WSRCA) to talk about the upcoming Western Roofing Expo ...
