About

Provided by Cozen O'Connor

Cozen O'Connor has strategically grown the labor and employment department in recent years, which now boasts nearly 80 attorneys throughout North America who offer the full range of labor and employment law services to a broad spectrum of public and private sector employers. We represent management in every type of labor, employment, and employment related litigation before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators. We have extensive experience representing employers in individual and large-scale class actions involving the full range of employment related disputes, including discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, non-compete agreements, and unfair labor practices, including those alleging unlawful termination, failure to bargain in good faith, and interference with employee rights.


Our Illinois lawyers represent many of the nation’s largest employers in agribusiness, financial services, manufacturing, insurance, real estate, and higher education. We represent Chicago’s most prestigious public and private universities, achieving successful results on tenure cases in employment litigation, NLRB proceedings relating to student and faculty organizing drives, staff, trades, and police collective bargaining, and student litigation.

Chambers Review

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Labor & Employment: The Elite - Illinois

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What the Team is Known For

Cozen O'Connor has a respected labor and employment team that regularly represents clients in litigation and arbitrations, as well as in hearings before regulatory agencies. The department possesses notable experience representing employers in wage and hour, wrongful termination and discrimination disputes. It is also known for its abilities in the labor law space, with the notable inclusion of collective bargaining matters.

Work Highlights

  • Cozen O'Connor represented US Foods in a discrimination lawsuit against a former warehouse supervisor.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Joseph Tilson
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Joseph Tilson
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Senior Statespeople
Joseph Tilson is considered a go-to lawyer for both private and public employers on matters such as wage and hour class actions.

Joe Tilson is an amazing attorney and an exceptional resource.

Anna Wermuth
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Anna Wermuth
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Band 1

Anna Wermuth is commended for her expertise in employment-related disputes and regularly counsels high profile clients in class actions.

She always works to identify and obtain the right approach for each particular dispute. She is knowledgeable, thorough and creative.

She's a terrific lawyer and advocate.

She puts people at ease, but she can be tough with the other side. She is excellent, a go-to attorney.

Jeremy Glenn
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Jeremy Glenn
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Band 3
Jeremy Glenn is noted for his wide-ranging labor and employment practice, which sees him often handle collective bargaining agreements and wage and hour disputes.

Jeremy Glenn is an amazing partner in the labor and employment practice.

Jeremy is the lead for our labor-related matters and we are extremely happy with his counsel.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Illinois

Labor & Employment

Joseph Tilson
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Joseph Tilson
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Senior Statespeople
Anna Wermuth
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Anna Wermuth
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Band 1
Jeremy Glenn
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Jeremy Glenn
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Band 3

Members

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