Best Lawyers in America© Names 19 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2014 List
August 16, 2013
GREENVILLE, SC – August 15, 2013 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced today that 19 attorneys from the firm’s Greenville office were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The Greenville-based Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2014 Best Lawyers in America© list include:
- Thomas M. Christina (Employee Benefits/ERISA Law, Litigation – ERISA)
- John G. Creech (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- J. Howard Daniel (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- Joel A. Daniel (Employee Benefits/ERISA Law)
- L. Gray Geddie, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- John C. Glancy (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- Knox L. Haynsworth, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
- Matthew K. Johnson (Employment Law – Management)
- Phillip A. Kilgore (Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- Charles E. McDonald III (Employment Law – Management)
- R. Allison Phinney (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Michael M. Shetterly (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Lewis T. Smoak (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- J. Hamilton Stewart III (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Mark M. Stubley (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Fred W. Suggs, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Penny C. Wofford (Employment Law – Management)
- Stephen R. Woods (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- M. Baker Wyche III (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Best Lawyers® has also named Thomas M. Christina as the 2014 Greenville Litigation – ERISA Lawyer of the Year, L. Gray Geddie, Jr. as the 2014 Greenville Litigation – Environmental Lawyer of the Year, R. Allison Phinney as the 2014 Greenville Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year, and Lewis T. Smoak as the 2014 Greenville Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year. Best Lawyers® identifies Lawyers of the Year in high-profile legal areas in large legal communities where only a single lawyer in each area in each community is honored.
Firm-wide, 168 Ogletree Deakins attorneys were named to the 2014 Best Lawyers© list. A vast majority earned recognition in multiple categories-131 have been named under the Employment Law – Management category; 99 have been named under the Labor Law – Management category; and 93 have been named under the Litigation – Labor & Employment category.
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. www.ogletreedeakins.com
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