Best Lawyers in America Names 167 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2013 List

ATLANTA – August 27, 2012 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced today that 167 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the peer-review publication, The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

Of the 167 Ogletree Deakins attorneys named to the 2013 Best Lawyers list, a vast majority earned recognition in numerous categories—130 have been named under the Employment Law – Management category; 97 have been named under the Labor Law – Management category; and 91 have been named under the Litigation – Labor & Employment category.

In addition to the 2013 list, Ogletree Deakins is the reigning Law Firm of the Year in the Litigation – Labor & Employment category and has 16 Lawyers of the Year which Best Lawyers identifies in high-profile legal areas in large legal communities where only a single lawyer in each area in each community is honored.

Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2013 Best Lawyers in America list include:

Atlanta, Georgia
John K. Anderson • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Margaret H. Campbell • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Patrick F. Clark • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
A. Craig Cleland • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Homer L. Deakins, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Dara L. DeHaven • Employment Law – Management
William A. Gray • Employee Benefits (ERISA) LawKevin Hishta • Labor Law – Management
Tamika R. Nordstrom • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert O. Sands • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Rebecca L. Sigmund • Immigration Law
William P. Steinhaus • Labor Law – Management

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

Birmingham, Alabama
Beverly P. Baker • Employment Law – Management
Richard Carrigan • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Christopher W. Deering • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Alysonne Hatfield • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Harry L. Hopkins • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Peyton Lacy, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Timothy A. Palmer • Employment Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James C. Pennington • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Education Law
J. Trent Scofield • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
David Warren, Jr. • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Birmingham, Michigan (Detroit Metro)
Margaret Carroll Alli • Employment Law – Management; Education Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Martin C. Brook • Employment Law – Management
Thomas A. Cattel • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Richard Hurford • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michelle J. LeBeau • Employment Law – Management
Richard M. Tuyn • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Boston, Massachusetts
Deborah Hesford DosSantos • Employment Law – Management
Neil V. McKittrick • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Diane M. Saunders • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Danielle Y. Vanderzanden • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Charleston, South Carolina
Eric C. Schweitzer • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Charlotte, North Carolina
Robert S. Phifer • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James B. Spears, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

Chicago, Illinois
Robert P. Casey • Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael H. Cramer • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Thomas E. Deer • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Richard L. Marcus • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Randolph E. Ruff • Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Arthur B. Smith, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

Cleveland, Ohio
Michelle R. Arendt • Employment Law – Management
Thomas H. Barnard • Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Wade M. Fricke • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
John Gerak • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Bruce G. Hearey • Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stanley Dan Pace • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Kurt Smidansky • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Ellen Toth • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Columbia, South Carolina
Preston R. Burch • Employment Law – Management
William L. Duda • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James Fowles III • Employment Law – Management
Katherine Dudley Helms • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Leigh M. Nason • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Elizabeth B. Partlow • Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Charles T. Speth, II • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

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

Denver, Colorado
John T. Combs • Immigration Law
Irene F. Gallagher • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David D. Powell, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Christopher Thomas • Immigration Law

Greenville, South Carolina
Thomas M. Christina • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA
John G. Creech • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
J. Howard Daniel • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Joel A. Daniel • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
L. Gray Geddie, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Commercial Litigation; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation Environmental
Thomas G. Greaves, III • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Knox L. Haynsworth, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Matthew K. Johnson • Employment Law – Management
Phillip A. Kilgore • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Commercial Litigation
Charles E. McDonald III • Employment Law – Management
R. Allison Phinney • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael M. Shetterly • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Lewis T. Smoak • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
J. Hamilton Stewart, III • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark M. Stubley • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Fred W. Suggs, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Penny C. Wofford • Employment Law – Management
Stephen R. Woods • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
M. Baker Wyche, III • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Houston, Texas
Jeffrey C. Londa • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael D. Mitchell • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

Indianapolis, Indiana
Charles B. Baldwin • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Kim F. Ebert • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Todd J. Kaiser • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Brian L. McDermott • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Danuta Bembenista Panich • Labor Law – Management
Steven F. Pockrass • Employment Law – Management
Kenneth B. Siepman • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Stephanie Smithey • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Kansas City, Missouri
Anthony B. Byergo • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael L. Matula • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Donald S. Prophete • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Las Vegas, Nevada
Shaun P. Haley • Employment Law – Management
Stephen C. Yohay • Construction Law

Los Angeles, California
Lori A. Bowman • Employment Law – Management

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

Miami, Florida
David M. DeMaio • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Christopher P. Hammon • Employment Law – Management
William R. Radford • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

Morristown, New Jersey
Christopher Capone • Employment Law – Management
David A. Copus • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Mark Diana • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Carmen J. DiMaria • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Theresa Donahue Egler • Labor Law – Management
Peter O. Hughes • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Sharon P. Margello • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Richard C. Mariani • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Patrick M. Stanton • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Nashville, Tennessee
Keith D. Frazier • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Richard R. Parker • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

New Orleans, Louisiana
Steven Hymowitz • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark N. Mallery • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Christopher E. Moore • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Christine M. White • Employment Law – Management

New York City, New York
Edward Cerasia II • Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Cheryl M. Stanton • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph T. Clees • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
L. Eric Dowell • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark G. Kisicki • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Tracy A. Miller • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John C. Artz • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Maria Greco Danaher • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James Glunt • Litigation – Labor and Employment
W. Scott Hardy • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Peter D. Post • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Portland, Oregon
Jathan W. Janove • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Leah Lively • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Raleigh, North Carolina
Gretchen W. Ewalt • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Thomas A. Farr • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
C. Matthew Keen • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Gregory P. McGuire • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Bruce A. Petesch • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Robert A. Sar • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Phillip J. Strach • Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Ridgeland, Mississippi
Herbert C. Ehrhardt • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Timothy W. Lindsay • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

San Antonio, Texas
Robert E. Bettac • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
E. Burke Huber • Employment Law – Management
Lawrence D. Smith • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management

St. Louis, Missouri
Rodney A. Harrison • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Gregg M. Lemley • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James M. Paul • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
R. Lance Witcher • Employment Law – Management

Tampa, Florida
Tony B. Griffin • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
William E. Grob • Employment Law – Management
Edmund J. McKenna • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Karen M. Morinelli • Labor Law – Management
Grant D. Petersen • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Phillip B. Russell • Litigation – Labor and Employment
Kevin D. Zwetsch • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Tucson, Arizona
James K. Mackie • Labor – Management; Employment Law – Management
Tibor Nagy, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Washington, DC
Harold P. Coxson, Jr. • Labor Law – Management; Employment Law – Management
Michael T. Heenan • Litigation – Labor and Employment

About Ogletree Deakins

Ogletree Deakins is one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. The firm has 650 lawyers located in 42 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 in America

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 attorneys covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.