Cozen O'Connor issued the following announcement on Sept. 1.
JoeTilson, co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor and Employment Department, has been named the 2021 Chicago Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest and most highly regarded peer review publications in the legal profession.
This is the fifth time in the past nine years that Tilson has been named a Chicago “Lawyer of the Year” in labor and employment law by Best Lawyers.
The only Management Labor Lawyer from Chicago to be named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2021, Tilson received the highest annual ratings in his practice area from peer attorneys nationwide. He earned this distinction for his outstanding legal ability, professionalism and integrity.
Tilson represents employers in large scale employment litigation, labor arbitrations and collective bargaining. In the past 35 years, he has tried more than 150 jury and non-jury cases before a full range of courts, administrative agencies and labor arbitrators. Tilson is nationally known for his knowledge and success in handling large wage and hour class action cases, and he also has vast experience in collective bargaining involving large and complex bargaining units.
In his role as co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor and Employment Department, Tilson has been instrumental in the rapid growth of the firm’s national labor and employment practice.
Tilson is a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section on Labor and Employment Law, one of the ABA’s largest and most active sections. He was also recently recognized by the Chicago Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association with a Distinguished Service Award for his strong advocacy and long-standing service to the labor and employment field and profession.
In addition, he has consistently achieved a Tier 1 Labor & Employment Ranking from Chambers USA, he has been honored each year since 2010 as one of the “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Lawyers” by Human Resource Executive/LawDragon, and he is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
For more information on Joe Tilson and the firm’s Labor & Employment department, see https://www.cozen.com/practices/labor-employment. To read Tilson’s Best Lawyers profile, see https://www.BestLawyers.com.
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