Cozen O’Connor lured from Dickstein Shapiro last week almost the entire group of lawyers who advocate in state attorneys general offices, a controversial but growing practice area that a number of law firms have jockeyed in this year.
The eight-lawyer group at Cozen decided it would leave Dickstein early this year, after practice heads Bernard Nash and Lori Kalani (both at left) and their partners noticed fierce competition among Big Law advisers who represent companies before state attorneys general offices. More firms are finding lawyers who specialize in the practice, they observed, as more companies seek help to negotiate or smooth out legal issues that may arise with a state challenge or investigation.
