Q&A with Our Partners
Q: What are you most proud of?
A: George — I am really proud of our commitment to providing high-quality legal services to our clients at a reasonable cost. Because of this, we have been able to serve many of our clients for a long time and our focus has been and continues to be generating successful results for them.
A: Ed — The talent we have accumulated, the character of everyone who works here and how we put our clients’ interests first. I am also proud of how we have created our own firm culture and the sophisticated clients we represent and the challenge of the cases we handle.
Q: How did you find your way to Cohen Seglias?
A: Marc — I was introduced to Roy for the first time in the early eighties and sometime in the mid-nineties Roy initiated a meeting. It turned out, we already had many of the same clients, we just provided them with different legal services. After a few years of “dating” we “got married.” I had considered our options merging with other firms, but none fit so well as Cohen Seglias. I have never regretted our decision. It was a testament to everyone involved that we were able to seamlessly integrate a 50-year old labor & employment practice into the firm, without any bumps or conflicts.
Q: What is the biggest difference you see at the Firm today compared to the early days?
A: John — We have substantially increased the number of talented attorneys, but more importantly, we have increased the scope of our practice and now have a large national presence.
A: George — Our commitment to technology. We are truly ahead of the curve and the new generation of lawyers is spearheading the change. A big difference now is also our sophisticated business approach. We have a competent professional staff helping us run the Firm as a business.
A: Marc — The increase in administrative staff. On the one hand it may take longer to make decisions, but on the other hand it makes it easier when you don’t have to worry too much about the administrative side of the business. Believe it or not, I used to do payroll myself at my old firm.
Q: What has been most challenging?
A: Ed — In building a new firm, we have had to balance the encouragement of individual partners who need to develop their own practice against the administrative operating structure necessary for a firm of our size to grow and prosper.
A: Shawn — The most challenging obstacles concern how we can better protect our clients and minimize the inherent financial risks associated with all construction projects; through better contact drafting, team project communication, and dispute resolution.
Q: What are you hoping the Firm will accomplish over the next 25 years?
A: Ed — Continued healthy growth, opportunities for all lawyers of the Firm, and continued improvement in the way we deliver our services.
A: John — I am looking forward to the continued growth of the Firm carried by our clients’ success and our need to increase our practice areas to further assist them.
A: Shawn — In the next 25 years, I would like to see the Firm strengthen from within, by training our associates to emerge as the next leaders in the construction law industry.