Best Lawyers in America© Names 22 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2015 List
August 18, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced today that 22 attorneys from the firm’s Greenville office were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015. The 2015 list was compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review survey that included more than 5.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The Greenville-based Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2015 Best Lawyers in America© list include:
• Thomas A. Bright (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Thomas M. Christina (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, 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)
• Rebecca L. Sigmund (Immigration Law)
• 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. (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – ERISA)
• C. John Wentzell, Jr. (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• 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)
The Greenville office also has three attorneys who have earned a “Lawyer of the Year” designation, which is awarded to a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. Tom Bright is the 2015 Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” in Greenville, Mike Shetterly is the 2015 Litigation – Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Greenville, and Baker Wyche is the 2015 Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” in Greenville.
Firm-wide, 184 Ogletree Deakins attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers© list. Many earned recognition in multiple categories—144 were named under the Employment Law – Management category; 104 were named under the Labor Law – Management category; and 105 were named under the Litigation – Labor and 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 700 lawyers located in 45 offices across the United States and in Europe. Ogletree Deakins is the “Law Firm of the Year” in both the Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management categories in the 2014 edition of the 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
