Five Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ 2011 Lawyers of the Year

ATLANTA, GA – October 29, 2010 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that founding shareholders Homer Deakins and Jimmie Stewart, the firm’s managing shareholder Kim Ebert, along with Buddy Daniel and Fred Lewis have all been named Best Lawyers’ 2011 Lawyers of the Year.  Best Lawyers has selected only a single lawyer in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities as a “Lawyer of the Year”. 

Homer Deakins has been honored as Atlanta’s Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. Jimmie Stewart received the honor as Greenville’s Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. Kim Ebert was honored as the Indianapolis Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. Buddy Daniel earned the honor of Greenville Employee Benefits Lawyer of the Year. Fred Lewis was honored as the Memphis Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2011) is based on more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  The “Lawyers of the Year” received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

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 more than 500 lawyers located in 40 offices across the United States.  In addition to handling labor and employment law matters, the firm has thriving practices focused on business immigration, construction, employee benefits, environmental, 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 United States. For more information, please contact Ryan King, public relations manager, at (404) 870-1742.