Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Named To List Of The “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys”

ATLANTA – June 16, 2014 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Kim Ebert, Ogletree Deakins’ managing shareholder, and Joe Clees, a shareholder in the firm’s Phoenix office, have been named to Human Resource Executive magazine’s 2014 list of the “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys.” This is the sixth consecutive year that Clees has been selected for inclusion on the Most Powerful list. Ebert is named to the list for the second time.

Human Resource Executive magazine’s list of the “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” is intended to offer corporate counsel and human resource professionals an unparalleled guide to some of the best, most powerful lawyers who are poised to help them resolve difficult employment situations and keep them in compliance with the country’s increasingly complicated and changing workplace-related laws and regulations. Attorneys were named to the list based on their excellence in guiding employers through today’s ever-intensifying legal landscape. To make the list, attorneys must receive glowing recommendations from corporate counsel who have benefitted from their services and would hire them again. Listed attorneys typically also must have practiced for more than 20 years and have amassed a number of accomplishments, including defending companies in headline-making cases and holding leadership positions within employment groups both in and outside of their firms.

About Ogletree Deakins
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. The firm has 700 lawyers located in 45 offices across the United States and in Europe. Ogletree Deakins is the “Law Firm of the Year” in both the Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management categories in the 2014 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list. 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, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies.