Six Ogletree Deakins Attorneys named to the LRI’s “Top 100 Labor Attorneys” in the U.S. List

ATLANTA, GA – August 11, 2009 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), America’s third-largest labor and employment law firm, is pleased to announce that six of its attorneys have been named among The Labor Relations Institute’s “Top 100 Labor Attorneys” in the U.S. for 2009. The Top 100 Labor Attorneys are determined each year based on the prior 5-year record of the number of National Labor Relations Board election cases in which the attorney represented clients (as determined by notices of appearance filed with the NLRB) and the successful outcome of those cases (as determined by either an election win by a company or union withdrawal as reported by the NLRB).

The Ogletree Deakins attorneys selected to this year’s list are:

William R. McKibbon, Jr. (Greenville, SC office) 

Mark M. Stubley  (Greenville, SC office)

Richard R. Parker  (Nashville, TN office)

Patrick M. Stanton  (Morristown, NJ office)

John S. Burgin  (Raleigh, NC office)

Maria Anastas  (San Francisco, CA office)

About the Labor Relations Institute

Labor Relations Institute was founded in 1978 as a consulting firm dedicated to maintaining the union-free workplace. Initially, LRI assisted employers with on-site campaign direction, developing all phases of NLRB representation election campaigns.

Today, Labor Relations Institute provides the widest possible range of employee communications products and sophisticated database and deep intelligence services. Through a single source, LRI’s clients can secure everything required to monitor their risk of unionization, build positive employee relations, train supervisors, and if necessary, run a winning campaign.

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 450 lawyers located in 35 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 Dave Carew, public relations manager, at
(615) 332-0718.