Less than two years after moving their practices from Drinker Biddle & Reath to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Philadelphia-based class action litigators Meredith Slawe and Michael McTigue have joined Cozen O’Connor.

The duo, who will co-chair the firm’s national class actions practice group, said they are chasing their next strategic opportunity with their move to the Philadelphia-based Am Law 100 firm, pointing to several practices with crossover.