Cozen O’Connor Bucks Trend by Expanding Employment Law Practice

By Gayle Cinquegrani, Bloomberg BNA

At a time when most big law firms are streamlining their business models to maximize profits, Cozen O’Connor is aggressively expanding into the labor and employment law market.

Labor and employment law practice groups often generate less revenue for a firm than higher-profile corporate matters. Law firms often maintain them as a convenience for clients of other practice groups who prefer to have one law firm handle all their legal matters.

“Our firm is not just interested in service lawyers but in expanding labor and employment to be one of our core practices,” Joe Tilson, ...