Ogletree Deakins Attorney Howard Daniel Named Chairman-Elect of Greenville Chamber

GREENVILLE – November 7, 2005 – Greenville attorney J. Howard Daniel  of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins) has been named Chairman-Elect of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce for 2006 and will serve as Chair in 2007.  Daniel has held numerous positions with the Chamber in the past including General Counsel (1990 and 2002) and Vice Chair of Economic Development (2003-2004) and currently serves on the Board of Directors.

“Howard has been very active in the Greenville Chamber of Commerce over the years  and the firm is very supportive of his involvement in this important organization,” said Lewis Smoak, managing shareholder of the firm’s Greenville office. “This recognition of Howard Daniel is well deserved and brings honor and distinction to himself and the firm.”

Mr. Daniel is a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins and has handled labor and employment matters for area businesses since 1976. He has represented management in union organizing and decertification campaigns and is a certified specialist in labor and employment law and limits his practice to those areas.

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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.

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