With one of the largest construction law practices on the East Coast, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman has been approached by larger firms with the prospect of absorption, yet firm leaders have turned down such offers, preferring instead to grow through its own acquisitive strategy.

“We have a nice, well-oiled machine that works well,” said managing partner Steven Williams, noting the Philadelphia-based firm launched a family law practice in April with the addition of lawyers from New Jersey-based Daly & Associates. “There’s nothing that a larger firm would have to offer us that we’d be interested in.”