50 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Named To Best Lawyers List

ATLANTA – August 30, 2005 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins) is pleased to announce that 50 of the firm’s attorneys have been named in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which will be published this November.  Compiled through extensive professional peer evaluations, The Best Lawyers in America is considered to be the preeminent referral guide for the U.S. legal profession.

Twelve of the 50 Ogletree Deakins attorneys featured in the 2006 edition are making their first appearance on this exclusive list. These individuals include:

• William A. Gray (Atlanta, GA)
• Randolph E. Ruff (Chicago, IL)
• Joel A. Daniel (Greenville, SC)
• Robert O. King (Greenville, SC)
• Kristofer K. Strasser (Greenville, SC)
• Brian L. McDermott (Indianapolis, IN)
• David M. DeMaio (Miami, FL)
• Mark Diana (Morristown, NJ)
• Peter O. Hughes (Morristown, NJ)
• Joseph T. Clees (Phoenix, AZ)
• Rodolfo R. Agraz (Raleigh, NC)
• C. Matthew Keen (Raleigh, NC)

Ogletree Deakins attorneys renamed to the Best Lawyers list include:

• John K. Anderson (Atlanta, GA)
• Margaret H. Campbell (Atlanta, GA)
• Homer L. Deakins, Jr. (Atlanta, GA)
• Robert O. Sands (Atlanta, GA)
• Michael W. Fox (Austin, TX)
• Richard Carrigan (Birmingham, AL)
• Harry L. Hopkins (Birmingham, AL)
• Peyton Lacy, Jr. (Birmingham, AL)
• Timothy A. Palmer (Birmingham, AL)
• James B. Spears, Jr. (Charlotte, NC)
• Charles E. Murphy (Chicago, IL)
• Arthur B. Smith, Jr. (Chicago, IL)
• Katherine Dudley Helms (Columbia, SC)
• Leigh M. Nason (Columbia, SC)
• Elizabeth B. Partlow (Columbia, SC)
• Eric C. Schweitzer (Columbia, SC)
• Charles T. Speth II (Columbia, SC)
• John E. McFall (Dallas, TX)
• Thomas M. Christina (Greenville, SC)
• John G. Creech (Greenville, SC)
• J. Howard Daniel (Greenville, SC)
• L. Gray Geddie, Jr. (Greenville, SC)
• Thomas G. Greaves III (Greenville, SC)
• Knox L. Haynsworth, Jr. (Greenville, SC)
• William R. McKibbon, Jr. (Greenville, SC)
• Lewis T. Smoak (Greenville, SC)
• J. Hamilton Stewart III (Greenville, SC)
• Fred W. Suggs, Jr. (Greenville, SC)
• Jeffrey C. Londa (Houston, TX)
• Thomas M. Melo (Houston, TX)
• Kim F. Ebert (Indianapolis, IN)
• Sharon P. Margello (Morristown, NJ)
• Richard C. Mariani (Morristown, NJ)
• Patrick M. Stanton (Morristown, NJ)
• Keith D. Frazier (Nashville, TN)
• Gretchen W. Ewalt (Raleigh, NC)
• Thomas A. Farr (Raleigh, NC)
• Stanley R. Strauss (Washington, DC)

About Best Lawyers

The Best Lawyers in America was first published in 1983 and is regarded as the premiere referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Best Lawyers surveys thousands of top attorneys in the United States, who confidentially evaluate the legal abilities of their professional peers. This guide is purchased annually by more than 4,000 law firms and more than 1,000 of the world’s largest corporations.

About Ogletree Deakins

Ogletree Deakins is the nation’s third largest labor and employment law firm, representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. The firm has nearly 300 lawyers located in 24 offices from Miami to Los Angeles. In addition to handling labor and employment law matters, the firm has thriving practices focused on business immigration, employee benefits, and workplace safety and health law.Ogletree Deakins represents a diverse range of clients, including more than half of the Fortune 50 corporations in the U.S.

For more information, please contact Karen Gonzales, communications manager, at 210-277-3606.