Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

ATLANTA – August 15, 2013 – 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 18 of the firm’s attorneys have been named Best Lawyers® 2014 “Lawyer of the Year” (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Best Lawyers® designates “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal categories in large legal communities where only a single lawyer in each category in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

The Best Lawyers® 2014 “Lawyer of the Year” includes:

Michael R. Buchanan – 2014 Dallas Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Thomas M. Christina – 2014 Greenville Litigation – ERISA “Lawyer of the Year.”

A. Craig Cleland – 2014 Atlanta Litigation – Labor & Employment “Lawyer of the Year.”

Homer L. Deakins, Jr. – 2014 Atlanta Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Kim F. Ebert – 2014 Indianapolis Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Gretchen W. Ewalt – 2014 Raleigh Litigation – Labor & Employment “Lawyer of the Year.”

Michael W. Fox – 2014 Austin Litigation – Labor & Employment “Lawyer of the Year.”

L. Gray Geddie, Jr. – 2014 Greenville Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year.”

C. Matthew Keen – 2014 Raleigh Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Peyton Lacy, Jr. – 2014 Birmingham Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Brian L. McDermott – 2014 Indianapolis Litigation – Labor & Employment “Lawyer of the Year.”

Tibor Nagy, Jr. – 2014 Tucson Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

R. Allison Phinney – 2014 Greenville Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

William R. Radford – 2014 Miami Litigation – Labor & Employment “Lawyer of the Year.”

Eric C. Schweitzer – 2014 Charleston-SC Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Lawrence D. Smith – 2014 San Antonio Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Lewis T. Smoak – 2014 Greenville Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Charles T. Speth II – 2014 Columbia-SC Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.”

Earlier, Ogletree Deakins announced that 168 of the firm’s attorneys had been named to the peer-review publication, The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

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 more than 650 lawyers located in 44 offices across the United States and in Europe. Ogletree Deakins was named “Law Firm of the Year” in both the Litigation – Labor & Employment and the Employment Law – Management categories in the 2013 edition of 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.