Glavin Joins Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies Group

Matthew T. Glavin has joined Cozen O'Connor as counsel and principal of its Public Strategies Group in Chicago.

As Public Strategies' tenth high profile addition in as many months, Glavin will work closely with Patrick G. Martin, who joined Public Strategies last July to drive the organization's Chicago-based government relations and public affairs expansion.

Glavin, a Park Ridge native now residing in Oak Park, previously served as national director of government and regulatory affairs for American Water, the largest investor-owned water utility company in the U.S. Before that, he worked under former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, including as director of the Illinois Office of Business Development and chief of staff for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

He got his start as deputy press secretary for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

As part of his pro-bono practice, Glavin serves as board member for a number of Illinois-based organizations, including Equality Illinois, the state's largest LGBTQ organization; the Illinois Chamber of Commerce; and the Institute for Regulated Policy Studies. A native of Park Ridge, Illinois, currently residing in Oak Park, Illinois, Glavin earned his J.D. at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his B.A. in Political Science at Illinois Wesleyan University.