119 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers List

109 Listed in Labor and Employment Law, Most Among U.S. Firms

ATLANTA, GA – August 4, 2010 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins) announced today that 119 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of the peer-review publication, The Best Lawyers in America.  Of these 119 lawyers, 109 were named to the list under Labor and Employment Law.  Ogletree Deakins has the most attorneys named as Best Lawyers in the field of Labor and Employment Law in the 2011 edition in the United States.  

Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2011 Best Lawyers list include:

Atlanta, Georgia
John K. Anderson – Labor and Employment Law
Margaret H. Campbell – Labor and Employment Law
A. Craig Cleland – Labor and Employment Law
Homer L. Deakins, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Dara L. Dehaven – Labor and Employment Law
William A. Gray – Employee Benefits Law
Robert O. Sands – Labor and Employment Law
Rebecca L. Sigmund – Immigration Law

Austin, Texas
Scott A. Brutocao – Labor and Employment Law
Michael W. Fox – Labor and Employment Law
Bruce A. Griggs – Labor and Employment Law

Birmingham, Alabama
Beverly P. Baker – Labor and Employment Law
Richard Carrigan – Labor and Employment Law
Harry L. Hopkins – Labor and Employment Law
Peyton Lacy, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Timothy A. Palmer – Labor and Employment Law
James C. Pennington – Labor and Employment Law
J. Trent Scofield – Labor and Employment Law

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Margaret Carroll Alli – Labor and Employment Law, Education Law
Thomas A. Cattel – Labor and Employment Law
Richard M. Tuyn – Labor and Employment Law

Boston, Massachusetts
Joshua M. Davis – Labor and Employment Law
Danielle Y. Vanderzanden – Labor and Employment Law

Charleston, South Carolina
Eric C. Schweitzer – Labor and Employment Law, Environmental Law
Catherine McCabe Brawley Templeton – Labor and Employment Law

Charlotte, North Carolina
James B. Spears, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law

Chicago, Illinois
Robert P. Casey – Labor and Employment Law
Thomas E. Deer – Labor and Employment Law
Randolph E. Ruff – Construction Law
Arthur B. Smith, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law

Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas H. Barnard – Labor and Employment Law
Barton A. Bixenstine – Labor and Employment Law
Wade M. Fricke – Labor and Employment Law
Bruce G. Hearey – Commercial Litigation
Stanley Dan Pace – Labor and Employment Law
Kurt J. Smidansky – Employee Benefits Law

Columbia, South Carolina
Katherine Dudley Helms – Labor and Employment Law
Leigh M. Nason – Labor and Employment Law
Elizabeth B. Partlow – Environmental Law
Charles T. Speth, II – Labor and Employment Law

Dallas, Texas
Michael R. Buchanan – Labor and Employment Law
Ron Chapman, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Dan C. Dargene – Labor and Employment Law
Bryant S. McFall – Labor and Employment Law
John E. McFall – Labor and Employment Law
Denise Cotter Villani – Labor and Employment Law

Greenville, South Carolina
Thomas M. Christina – Employee Benefits Law
Donald A. Cockrill – Labor and Employment Law
John G. Creech – Labor and Employment Law
J. Howard Daniel – Labor and Employment Law
Joel A. Daniel – Employee Benefits Law
L. Gray Geddie, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Thomas G. Greaves, III – Labor and Employment Law
Knox L. Haynsworth, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Phillip A. Kilgore – Labor and Employment Law
Robert O. King – Labor and Employment Law
R. Allison Phinney – Labor and Employment Law
Michael M. Shetterly – Labor and Employment Law
Lewis T. Smoak – Labor and Employment Law
J. Hamilton Stewart, III – Labor and Employment Law
Mark M. Stubley – Labor and Employment Law
Fred W. Suggs, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Stephen R. Woods – Labor and Employment Law
M. Baker Wyche, III – Labor and Employment Law

Houston, Texas
Jeffrey C. Londa – Labor and Employment Law
Michael D. Mitchell – Labor and Employment Law
J. Alfred Southerland – Labor and Employment Law

Indianapolis, Indiana
Charles B. Baldwin – Administrative Law
Kim F. Ebert – Labor and Employment Law
Todd J. Kaiser – Commercial Litigation
Brian L. McDermott – Labor and Employment Law
Kenneth B. Siepman – Labor and Employment Law

Kansas City, Missouri
Donald S. Prophete – Labor and Employment Law

Memphis, Tennessee
Donna K. Fisher – Labor and Employment Law
Thomas L. Henderson – Labor and Employment Law
Charles V. Holmes – Labor and Employment Law
Frederick J. Lewis – Labor and Employment Law

Miami, Florida
David M. DeMaio – Labor and Employment Law
Christopher P. Hammon – Labor and Employment Law

Morristown, New Jersey
David A. Copus – Labor and Employment Law
Mark Diana – Labor and Employment Law
Carmen J. DiMaria – Labor and Employment Law
Peter O. Hughes – Labor and Employment Law
Sharon P. Margello – Labor and Employment Law
Richard C. Mariani – Labor and Employment Law
Cheryl M. Stanton – Labor and Employment Law
Patrick M. Stanton – Labor and Employment Law

Nashville, Tennessee
Keith D. Frazier – Labor and Employment Law
Richard R. Parker – Labor and Employment Law

New Orleans, Louisiana
Mark N. Mallery – Labor and Employment Law

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barry Simon – Labor and Employment Law

Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph T. Clees – Labor and Employment Law
L. Eric Dowell – Labor and Employment Law

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maria Greco Danaher – Labor and Employment Law, Commercial Litigation
W. Scott Hardy – Labor and Employment Law
Peter D. Post – Labor and Employment Law

Raleigh, North Carolina
Rodolfo R. Agraz – Labor and Employment Law
John S. Burgin – Labor and Employment Law
Gretchen W. Ewalt – Labor and Employment Law
Thomas A. Farr – Labor and Employment Law
C. Matthew Keen – Labor and Employment Law
Gregory P. McGuire – Labor and Employment Law
Bruce A. Petesch – Labor and Employment Law
Phillip J. Strach – Labor and Employment Law

Ridgeland, Mississippi
Herbert C. Ehrhardt – Labor and Employment Law
Timothy W. Lindsay – Labor and Employment Law

San Antonio, Texas
Robert E. Bettac – Labor and Employment Law
Lawrence D. Smith – Labor and Employment Law

St. Louis, Missouri
Rodney A. Harrison – Labor and Employment Law
James M. Paul – Labor and Employment Law

Tampa, Florida
Tony B. Griffin – Labor and Employment Law
Edmund J. McKenna – Labor and Employment Law
Grant D. Petersen – Labor and Employment Law
Kevin D. Zwetsch – Labor and Employment Law

Tucson, Arizona
James K. Mackie – Labor and Employment Law
Tibor Nagy, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law

Washington, DC
Harold P. Coxson, Jr. – Labor and Employment Law
Michael T. Heenan – Labor and Employment Law
Stephen C. Yohay – Construction Law

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 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, 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 United States. For more information, please contact Ryan King, public relations manager, at (404) 870-1742.  

About Best Lawyers

The Best Lawyers in America was first published in 1983 and is the oldest and most respected legal referral guide 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.  The guide includes 39,766 attorneys in 80 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.