Siegel, O’Connor, O’Donnell & Beck likes to do more than win cases. The firm, with Hartford and New London offices, wants to have an impact on the law. Its leaders say they’re able to do that by keeping their focus on one practice area.

Nearly 90 percent of Siegel O’Connor’s cases involve employment law, ranging from wage and salary law disputes to employee disciplinary actions to employment discrimination allegations. In 2013, the firm and its 16 litigators had enough high-impact success stories to be named the Connecticut Law Tribune’s Litigation Departments of the Year Award winner for labor and employment law.