Jim Hurley shares his journey from legal aid earning less than his teacher wife to building Cooper & Hurley with 9 attorneys and 45 staff across Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, with plans to reach $12 million annually by 2026 and $25 million by 2033. The firm’s biggest challenge is hiring and training fast enough to support their growth trajectory, especially since losing one person sets a team back three to six months, but they maintain a core group including CMO Cassidy Lewis who joined in 2017 and dramatically transformed the firm’s trajectory.
