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On the first day of murder trial, Pinellas doctor accused of killing lawyer sits alone

tampabay.com · 11hShare

Once an Ivy League-educated plastic surgeon, Tomasz Kosowski spent Monday clad in orange jail clothes, sitting alone at a wooden table in a Pinellas courtroom as prosecutors argued that he murdered a Largo lawyer in 2023. This isn’t the first time Kosowski, 47, has represented himself in court. He decided to become his own counsel three years into a medical billing lawsuit he filed against his former employer in 2019. Steven Cozzi represented most of the defendants. On Monday, witnesses detailed the growing aggression Kosowski harbored toward Cozzi as the lawsuit dragged on. In March 2023, the lawyer disappeared from his office and was never heard from again. His keys, phone and wallet were left on his desk. His laptop was open to an unfinished email. His boss found blood in the bathroom and bleach stains on the wall. A combination of surveillance footage, license plate snapshots, phone records and equipment found in his car led to Kosowski’s arrest. It took more than two years for Kos

First report: He was a highly educated doctor. Now, he faces the death penalty for a lawyer’s murder — tampabay.com, 1d