Best Lawyers in America© Names Eight Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2015 List
August 19, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced today that eight attorneys from the firm’s Columbia 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 Columbia-based Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2015 Best Lawyers in America© list include:
• Preston R. Burch (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management)
• William L. Duda (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• James H. Fowles, III (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Kathy Dudley Helms (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• John A. Hill (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)
Best Lawyers® has also named Partlow as the 2015 Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbia, S.C. The publication awards this honor to a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
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
