USA
Practice Areas
Anna represents management in labor and employment litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies including the National Labor Relations Board, the EEOC, and the Department of Labor, among other agencies. She has extensive experience representing employers in individual and class actions involving the full range of employment matters, including discrimination and wage/hour cases, non-compete agreements, and unfair labor practices. Anna is a widely recognized practitioner in higher-education, representing numerous major universities in union election campaigns, NLRB proceedings, collective bargaining, and significant employment litigation. Anna has presented on a wide range of topics for the American Bar Association, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Corporate Counsel Institute, the Practicing Law Institute, the Society of Human Resource Management, and other business, bar, and academic associations.
Career
Vice Chair, Cozen O’Connor Labor & Employment Department; Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year in Chicago, The Best Lawyers in America, 2026 and 2022; Top 20 L&E Attorneys, LawDragon, 2017-2021; Most Influential Women Lawyers, Crain’s Chicago Business, 2017; Notable Women in Law, Crain’s Chicago Business, 2018, 2020, and 2022; Woman Leader in the Law, ALM and Martindale Hubbell, 2020
Professional Memberships
ABA L&E Section Council Member; Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; Member, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Rules Advisory Committee; Past Editor, Bloomberg BNA/ABA Developing Labor Law treatise; Past Management Program Co-Chair for the ABA L&E Section’s Development of the Law under the NLRA Committee; Past Vice-Chair of the ABA L&E Section’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Legal Profession; Past-Chair, Chicago Bar Association L&E Law Committee.
