Barkan Meizlish

What Barkan Meizlish does

Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP is a privately held plaintiff-side law firm organized as an Ohio limited liability partnership, founded in 1957 and headquartered at 4200 Regent St Ste 210 in Columbus, Ohio, with a secondary office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm represents individuals — not corporate defendants — across practice areas that include serious personal injury, vehicle and trucking accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, FLSA/wage-and-hour collective actions, workers' compensation, employment discrimination and harassment, Social Security Disability, and mass tort litigation. Its named partners are Neal Barkan, Sandy Meizlish, Bob DeRose, Jason Cox, Chris Peifer, and Josh McInerney, with additional attorneys including Brian DelVecchio, Anna Doren, Nickole Iula, Brian R. Noethlich, and Sam Marcellino. The firm cites 166 years of combined attorney experience, tens of thousands of clients served, and over $200 million in cumulative client recoveries, including specific settlements of $32M (poultry workers), $23M (retail salary misclassification), $10M (retail overtime), $2.9M (birth injury), and $2.5M (bariatric surgery standard of care).

The firm operates on a contingency fee basis under a "No Win, No Fee" model, with case acquisition driven by free consultations via phone and online inquiry form, supported by an SEO and content marketing footprint (blog, location-specific landing pages, Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube video center, and earned media through WSYX ABC 6). The firm uses Lead Science for lead generation/intake alongside Google Analytics and Google Ads. There is no proprietary technology platform or AI tooling disclosed; case management, document review, and litigation operations rely on standard law-firm workflows. Co-counsel relationships with Anderson Alexander PLLC, Nilges Draher LLC, and JTB Law Group support large-scale FLSA collective and class action work, including a 2025 Buffalo Wild Wings franchise wage case that recovered approximately $295,000 for tipped workers.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The firm holds no external funding, has no parent company, and operates as a partnership owned by its named partners. Recognitions include Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, AAJ, AVVO, Expertise Best Personal Injury and Best Medical Malpractice Law Firm – Columbus, OH 2023, and America's Top 100 Attorneys. Recent structural changes include the elevation of Chris Peifer and Josh McInerney to named partner status (which shortened the firm name from Barkan Meizlish DeRose Wentz McInerney Peifer, LLP) and the opening of the Pittsburgh office.

Name

Barkan Meizlish

Legal name

Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP

Website

https://barkanmeizlish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP is a Columbus, Ohio-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 1957 that represents individual clients in personal injury, wage-and-hour class actions, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, and employment matters on a contingency fee basis across Ohio and nationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff-side Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Wage and hour litigation
• Employment law services
• Workers compensation law
• Civil litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services – Contingency Fee: The firm operates primarily on a contingency fee basis — clients pay only if the firm wins their case. This is standard for plaintiff-side personal injury and wage-and-hour litigation. The firm also handles some matters that may generate hourly or flat-fee arrangements for specific legal services, but the dominant model is contingency-based.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP is a plaintiff-side law firm providing contingency-based legal representation to individuals across Ohio and the United States. The firm handles personal injury, vehicle accident, medical malpractice, wrongful death, FLSA/wage & hour, employment law, workers' compensation, social security disability, and mass tort matters. Its dominant economic model is 'No Win, No Fee' contingency representation, with revenue tied to settlements and verdicts.

Product overview

Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP is a law firm offering legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides legal representation in personal injury matters (serious injuries, vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death), employment and labor law (wage & hour violations, workplace discrimination, harassment, workers' compensation), and mass tort litigation. The firm operates from offices in Columbus, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and represents clients nationally. Notable case types include FLSA collective actions, overtime disputes, tip credit violations, and class action lawsuits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $200 million recovered for clients across personal injury and wage and hour matters.
• +5 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elk & Elk Co., Ltd. Ohio-based plaintiff-side personal injury law firm with multiple offices across the state. Directly comparable as a similarly positioned Ohio PI firm serving victims of negligence, motor vehicle accidents, and catastrophic injury.
• Nurenberg Paris Injury Lawyers: Cleveland-based plaintiff-side personal injury firm with a long operating history, including mass tort participation. Directly comparable to Barkan Meizlish in Ohio geography, contingency fee model, and PI/employment coverage.
• Gallagher Law Firm (formerly Elk & Elk affiliate / Ohio PI): Ohio-based plaintiff-side personal injury and employment law firm. Comparable on Ohio geographic focus, contingency fee model, and overlapping practice areas in personal injury and workplace claims.
• Spangenberg Shibley & Liber: Cleveland-based plaintiff-side PI and employment law firm. Comparable as a regional Ohio firm practicing in personal injury, employment discrimination, and class/collective wage and hour actions.
• The Lyon Firm: Ohio-based plaintiff-side firm with personal injury and employment law practices. Directly comparable on geography, contingency model, and the mix of PI and workplace claims.
• Nilges Draher LLC: Ohio-based wage and hour employment law firm that has partnered with Barkan Meizlish as co-counsel on FLSA collective actions. Directly comparable on employment/wage & hour focus and contingency fee model.
• JTB Law Group, LLC: Ohio-based wage and hour and employment law firm that has co-counseled with Barkan Meizlish on collective actions. Comparable contingency-driven employment/wage practice focused on restaurant and tipped-worker cases.
• Anderson Alexander, PLLC: Texas-based wage and hour and employment law firm that has co-counseled with Barkan Meizlish on large FLSA cases. Directly comparable as a contingency-based wage and hour class action firm with national footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: National plaintiff-side class action firm with a strong wage & hour and consumer protection practice. Comparable as a co-counsel/comparable counterpart for large-scale FLSA and consumer class actions, though broader in scope and larger scale.
• Morgan & Morgan: National plaintiff-side personal injury conglomerate with massive TV and digital advertising spend. Comparable as a competing PI business model targeting similar accident/injury plaintiffs across Ohio and nationally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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