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Tilson elected chair of ABA's employment and labor law section

Joe Tilson, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, has been elected chair of the American Bar Association's Section on Labor and Employment Law, one of the ABA's largest and most active sections.

Tilson's new position, announced at the ABA's annual meeting in Chicago, is effective immediately. He will continue to serve on the ABA's Council, the governing body of the ABA's Labor & Employment Section.

In his role as co-chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Department, Tilson has been instrumental to the growth of the practice, which has doubled in size to 76 attorneys since 2015.

His practice entails representing employers in large scale employment litigation and labor arbitrations. In the past 35 years, Tilson has tried more than 150 jury and nonjury cases before a full range of courts, administrative agencies and labor arbitrators.

His clients include a number of the country's largest public and private employers and Illinois's most prestigious universities, whom he represents in both traditional labor law matters and employment litigation. Tilson is nationally known for his knowledge and success in handling large wage and hour class action cases and for his experience in collective bargaining involving large and complex bargaining units.

He has been recognized as one of the top labor and employment lawyers in the nation, including being named as the 2018 Chicago Employment Law "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers (for the fourth time in seven years). Tilson has also been recognized each year since 2010 as one of the "Nation's Most Powerful Employment Lawyers" by Human Resource Executive/LawDragon, has consistently achieved a Tier 1 Labor & Employment Ranking from Chambers USA and was honored in 2015 and 2016 by Lexology with their "Client Choice Award" for excellence in Client Service.

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