Cohelan Khoury & Singer

What Cohelan Khoury & Singer does

Cohelan Khoury & Singer is a California-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 1981 in San Diego, specializing in employment law, consumer protection, and class action litigation. The firm is one of the oldest wage and hour practices in California and was among the first in the state to litigate wage and hour class actions. Its core services span three practice areas: Employment Law (wage and hour violations, overtime, missed meal/rest breaks, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation), Consumer Protection (deceptive advertising, data breaches, TCPA violations, unfair business practices), and Class Action Lawsuits against large corporations across retail, healthcare, financial services, technology, transportation, and food & beverage sectors.

The firm operates with eight attorneys, two paralegals, and supporting staff from its San Diego headquarters at 605 C Street, serving clients throughout California including San Diego County, Orange County, Greater Los Angeles, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, and California Central Valley. Its technology stack is conventional legal practice tooling, augmented by a content-marketing blog, free-consultation phone line, online intake forms, and a Spanish-language version of its website. The firm has authored two of the leading California practice guides — Cohelan on California Class Actions and the CEB California Wage and Hour Litigation treatise — which are core intangible assets reinforcing its thought-leadership position.

The business model is contingency-fee-based, with attorneys receiving a percentage of settlements or judgments recovered on behalf of plaintiffs. The firm offers free initial consultations and acquires clients through its website, blog, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn), and peer referrals. To date, it has settled over 250 class action cases, achieved financial recoveries totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for over one million workers and consumers, and certified classes covering tens of millions of consumers. The firm has no outside institutional investors, no parent company, and no disclosed M&A activity; ownership rests with named partners including founders Timothy D. Cohelan and Isam C. Khoury, Diana M. Khoury, and Managing Partner Michael D. Singer.

Name

Cohelan Khoury & Singer

Legal name

Cohelan Khoury & Singer

Website

https://ckslaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cohelan Khoury & Singer is a San Diego-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 1981 that represents California employees and consumers in employment law, consumer protection, and class action matters on a contingency fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Class action litigation
• Consumer protection law
• Wage and hour law
• Wrongful termination law

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fee: Class action and contingency fee arrangements for employment and consumer protection cases, where attorneys receive a percentage of settlements or judgments recovered on behalf of clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cohelan Khoury & Singer is a California-based law firm that represents employees and consumers in employment law matters (wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment), consumer protection cases (fraud, data breaches, deceptive practices), and class action lawsuits against large corporations. The firm operates primarily on contingency fee arrangements and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for over one million workers and consumers since its founding in 1981.

Product overview

Cohelan Khoury & Singer is a California-based law firm offering legal services in employment law, consumer protection, and class action litigation. The firm provides representation across three core service areas: Employment Law Services (handling wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and whistleblower claims), Consumer Protection Services (addressing fraud, data breaches, deceptive advertising, and unfair business practices), and Class Action Lawsuits (representing groups of workers or consumers against large corporations). The firm has operated since 1981 and serves clients throughout California from its San Diego office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for over one million workers and consumers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Capstone Law Firm: California-based plaintiff-side employment class action firm of similar size and practice focus. Directly competes for the same wage-and-hour, PAGA, and consumer class action matters against major California employers.
• Wilshire Law Firm: California plaintiff-side employment and class action firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Competes directly for the same employee-side wage and hour, discrimination, and consumer class action caseload across the state.
• The Kegel Law Firm: California employment class action boutique focused on wage and hour, PAGA, and consumer matters. Closely comparable in practice mix, contingency fee model, and target client base.
• Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP: San Diego- and California-based plaintiff-side employment class action firm with a comparable wage and hour, PAGA, and consumer protection practice against major California employers.
• Kingsley & Kingsley APC: California plaintiff-side employment law firm handling wage and hour class actions and individual employment matters. Directly comparable in practice scope and contingency fee economics.
• Bryant Whitten LLP: California employment class action boutique litigating wage and hour and PAGA matters for employees. Comparable in scale, geographic focus, and contingency fee model.
• Graham Doninger, LLP: Southern California plaintiff-side employment law firm handling wage and hour, discrimination, and wrongful termination matters. Comparable in practice mix and California-focused geographic scope.
• Consumer Action Law Group: California consumer protection class action firm pursuing actions against major corporations for unfair business practices. Directly comparable to CKS's consumer class action practice line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CohelanKhourySinger
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cohelan-khoury-singer

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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