Best Lawyers in America© Names 22 Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2016 List
August 18, 2015
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© 2016. The lawyers on the 2016 list were reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional experience and underwent an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.
The Greenville-based Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2016 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)
• J. Howard Daniel (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
• Joel A. Daniel (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• Vance E. Drawdy (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)
• 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)
Best Lawyers® has also named Joel Daniel as the 2016 Greenville Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Gray Geddie as the 2016 Greenville Litigation – Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year,” and Fred Suggs as the 2016 Greenville Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.” The publication awards this honor to a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
Firm-wide, 190 Ogletree Deakins attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers© list. Many earned recognition in multiple categories—147 were named under the Employment Law – Management category; 101 were named under the Labor Law – Management category; and 111 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 47 offices across the United States, in Europe, and in Mexico. Ogletree Deakins has been named a Law Firm of the Year four consecutive years by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” In 2015, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Labor Law – Management category. 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
