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Cozen O’Connor adds 50-plus lawyers through merger in market that is ‘a bit of the best kept secret’
Cozen O’Connor will add more than 50 lawyers after a Jan. 1 merger with Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett. (Image from Shutterstock)
Cozen O’Connor will add more than 50 lawyers after a Jan. 1 merger with Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett.
The merger will enhance Cozen O’Connor’s services in the Midwest, “particularly across its regulatory, transactional and financial practice areas,” according to a Nov. 3 press release.
The region is “strategically important” for the firm and its clients, said Michael J. Heller, the chairman and CEO of Cozen O’Connor, in the press release.
Heller told Law.com in an interview that Minneapolis is “a really unique and diverse business market” with a high concentration of Fortune 500 companies.
“And, frankly, the people are just really nice,” Heller said. “From a cultural perspective, when you combine that with the business opportunity, it’s just a great legal market—to some extent, it’s a bit of the best kept secret.”
Cozen O’Connor will have more than 1,000 lawyers across 33 offices after the merger, including more than 70 lawyers in Minneapolis and more than 50 in Chicago.
Cozen O’Connor will relocate its current Minneapolis operations to existing offices at Moss & Barnett. It will become Cozen O’Connor’s largest office outside Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C.
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