The Prinz Law Firm

What The Prinz Law Firm does

The Prinz Law Firm, P.C. is a Chicago-based, women-owned boutique law firm founded in 2009 by Kristen E. Prinz, operating from a single Loop headquarters at 1 East Upper Wacker Drive. The firm provides employment and business law services across two co-equal practice tracks: defense-side counsel for Chicago-area businesses (classification audits, handbooks, employment and severance agreements, non-compete drafting and litigation, workplace trainings, culture audits, and investigations) and plaintiff-side representation for individual employees (discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, wage, sexual harassment, FMLA, and non-compete defense). Adjacent service lines include physician and healthcare-professional contract negotiation, appellate work, and mediation/arbitration, supported by dedicated methodology around trauma-informed investigation and a branded Workplace Culture Audit practice.

The practice runs on the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), with a 4-person Leadership Team and a dedicated EOS Integrator (Operations Manager Angelia Salgado). Technology infrastructure is conventional professional-services tooling: a CMS-driven website, online payment processing via LawPay, a podcast and video publishing stack, and webinar delivery through Lawline, Financial Poise, Strafford, and Celesq, with internet marketing handled by Scorpion. There are no proprietary software products, APIs, or AI systems; technology is a marketing-and-operations layer over a human-delivered legal practice.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional-services fees across hourly engagements, flat-fee matters, and contingency arrangements on the plaintiff side. The firm does not publish pricing, does not disclose revenue, and has no external funding; ownership and control sit with named partners and the founder. Customer acquisition is hybrid: enterprise-style referral and event-driven thought leadership (ABA, NELA, SHRM, IWF, Illinois Chamber, Executives' Club of Chicago) layered on community-led growth, content marketing (a 2013-vintage blog, the "Making Work Better" podcast, CLE webinars), and direct inbound via phone and web. The named-partner roster and a former EEOC Trial Attorney (Of Counsel Laura Feldman) provide a talent and credibility base disproportionate to a 17-person team.

Name

The Prinz Law Firm

Legal name

The Prinz Law Firm, P.C.

Website

https://prinz-lawfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Prinz Law Firm is a Chicago-based, women-owned employment and business law boutique founded in 2009, serving Chicago-area employers, employees, executives, and physicians with defense-side counsel, plaintiff-side representation, and workplace compliance services from a single Loop office.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Business law representation
• Workplace investigations
• Non-compete litigation
• Physician employment contracts

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal services for businesses: Counsel, drafting, training, and litigation services billed to employers and business owners across practice areas including contract litigation, non-compete drafting/litigation, employment agreements, handbooks, change-in-control, severance, classifications, and workplace investigations. Engagement-based fees for matters such as workplace culture audits and workplace trainings.
2. Legal services for individual employees and executives: Plaintiff-side employment representation (discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, wage, sexual harassment, FMLA, non-compete defense) for employees, executives, and professionals. Engagement includes negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation, with at least one reported plaintiff verdict exceeding $2 million and a FINRA award of more than $200,000 in damages plus expungement.
3. Mediation and arbitration services: Mediation and arbitration offerings (practice area listed on the site); Laura Feldman is a certified mediator (Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University) and Amit Bindra has received arbitrator certification.
4. Workplace trainings and webinars: Custom-tailored workplace training engagements (sexual harassment prevention and other topics) and CLE/webinar content delivered through firm-led sessions and platforms such as Lawline, Financial Poise, and Strafford.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Prinz Law Firm is a Chicago-based boutique law firm that represents employers and individual employees in employment and business law matters, including contract litigation, non-compete drafting and litigation, employee agreements, workplace trainings, workplace investigations, and workplace culture audits. It also delivers plaintiff-side representation for discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and wage claims, with specialized offerings for physicians and healthcare professionals, appellate work, and mediation/arbitration services.

Product overview

The Prinz Law Firm is a single professional services firm (not a software platform) operating as an integrated practice with multiple legal service lines and content properties organized under one brand. The core offering is employment and business law representation, anchored by Employment Law for Businesses and Employment Law for Employees, with specialized practice lines including Physician Employment, Appeals, Mediation & Arbitration, Workplace Culture Audits, Workplace Trainings, and Workplace Investigations. The firm complements these service lines with branded content properties—the Making Work Better Podcast, a Webinars program (including Sexual Harassment Prevention training), and an extensive Employment Law Blog organized by topics such as AI, ADA, Equal Pay, #MeToo, and Contract Law—that drive thought leadership and feed demand for the underlying legal services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Making Work Better: The firm's branded podcast hosted under /podcast-videos/makingworkbetter/, featuring the firm's attorneys discussing employment law and workplace issues.

Products and services

• Employment Law for Businesses Legal services tailored for employers and businesses, covering classification audits, handbooks and policies, employment and severance agreements, non-compete drafting and litigation, contract litigation, change-in-control agreements, performance improvement plans, and marijuana/cannabis workplace issues.
• Employment Law for Employees Plaintiff-side employment representation for individual workers, covering whistleblower claims, wage claims, retaliation, equal pay, gender, pregnancy, sexual harassment, workplace defamation, parental discrimination, and personal development matters.
• Physician Employment Specialized representation and contract negotiation for physicians and other healthcare professionals, including partnership, equity, change-in-control, consulting, and non-compete agreements tailored to clinical practice.
• Appeals Appellate litigation services supporting employment and business law matters before state and federal appellate courts.
• Mediation & Arbitration Alternative dispute resolution services including mediation and arbitration led by trained attorney-mediators, used to resolve employment and business disputes efficiently outside of court.
• Workplace Culture Audits Independent assessments of an organization's culture and employee relations, designed to surface risk, identify harassment or discrimination patterns, and recommend actionable improvements for employers.
• Workplace Trainings Custom-tailored employer trainings on topics including sexual harassment prevention, workplace policies, and best practices to help businesses maintain compliance and positive cultures.
• Workplace Investigations Independent and trauma-informed workplace investigations into harassment, discrimination, and misconduct allegations, conducted by attorneys with EEOC investigative experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured a federal jury verdict against a Fortune Top 20 company after a seven-day trial in a sexual-harassment/stalking matter (Laura Feldman)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Scorpion (Internet Marketing Experts)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerFooter of the firm website credits Scorpion as 'Internet Marketing Experts' alongside an Internet Marketing Experts badge, indicating an ongoing vendor relationship for internet marketing services supporting the firm's online presence and lead generation.
• EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm runs on the EOS business operating system; an EOS badge is displayed on the homepage and the Operations Manager (Angelia Salgado) serves as the firm's EOS Integrator. EOS shapes the firm's leadership, process, and people practices.
• LawPaycoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline invoice payment is processed through LawPay at secure.lawpay.com/pages/prinz-lawfirm/operating, with a 'Pay My Bill' link featured on the site.
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)minorOthersFirm displays both 'Women Owned' and WBENC badges on its homepage and was formally recognized as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) in 2018, supporting WBE certification and supplier-diversity engagement.
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)Others

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg: Chicago-based mid-size firm with a substantial employment and labor practice serving mid-market and enterprise clients. Directly comparable in Chicago-centric service mix and employer-side employment counsel.
• Laner Muchin: Chicago-based boutique law firm focused exclusively on labor and employment law serving employers. Comparable to Prinz in market, specialty depth, and Chicago-anchored boutique positioning, though historically larger in headcount.
• Much Shelist: Chicago-based business and employment law boutique serving employers and executives. Comparable in boutique scale, employment/business mix, and Chicago enterprise/mid-market client focus.

Broad incumbents

• Ogletree Deakins: Major national labor and employment firm with a deep employer-side practice. Directly comparable on employment-law subject matter, employer client focus, and training/investigation services, but with national scale.
• Littler Mendelson: Largest U.S. law firm focused exclusively on labor and employment law. Comparable practice area and employer-side service model; broad geographic reach and pricing scale differ materially from Prinz's boutique positioning.
• Seyfarth Shaw: Chicago-founded Am Law firm with one of the largest U.S. labor and employment practices. Competes for the same employer-side engagements as Prinz but at much greater scale and with broader geographic coverage.
• Fisher Phillips: National labor and employment firm representing employers, with overlapping practice areas in workplace trainings, investigations, and HR risk management. Comparable in employer-side specialization but with broader footprint.
• Jackson Lewis: National employment-law boutique with strong preventive practice (training, investigations, culture work) that parallels Prinz's Workplace Culture Audit and Training offerings, but at significantly larger scale.
• Akerman LLP: National firm with a meaningful labor and employment group serving mid-market and enterprise employers. Comparable in employer-side employment and workplace-policy practice, with broader geographic and practice coverage.
• Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete: National labor and employment firm with strong preventive practice. Directly comparable on employer-side employment counsel, workplace trainings, and investigations, though at larger scale than Prinz.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/prinzlawfirm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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