WHITE PLAINS, NY (September 6, 2012) - Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, announced that 88 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their professional peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since first being recognized by this prestigious peer-review publication in 1989, the firm’s presence on the list has grown steadily each year, resulting in a 42% increase this year from the 2012 edition.
Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.
“Being recognized by our peers is second only to recognition from our clients,” said Firm-wide Managing Partner Patrick L. Vaccaro. “We are fortunate to have come out on top on many occasions when both clients and counsel are surveyed, and will do everything in our power to continue to foster our client-centric reputation. I am proud to congratulate the attorneys named to this year’s guide who help distinguish our firm as one of the country’s leading workplace law firms.”
Jackson Lewis LLP attorneys selected for the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers In America® are:
| Gil A. Abramson (Baltimore) Joan Ackerstein (Boston) Brooks R. Amiot (Baltimore) Brett Anders (Morristown) William Anthony (Hartford) Tammy Baker (Birmingham) John M. Barr (Richmond) Kathleen Reilly Barrow (Houston) John K. Bennett (Morristown) Magdalen B. Bickford (New Orleans) David E. Block (Miami) Peter R. Bulmer (Chicago) Stephanie M. Cerasano (Phoenix) Victoria Woodin Chavey (Hartford) Richard J. Cino (Morristown) Vincent A. Cino (Morristown) Richard S. Cohen (Phoenix) Susan M. Corcoran (White Plains) Thomas A. Davis (Birmingham) Susan Fahey Desmond (New Orleans) Neil H. Dishman (Chicago) Joseph Dreesen (Omaha) Mia Farber (Los Angeles) A. Robert Fischer (Austin) Debra Weiss Ford (Portsmouth) Pedro P. Forment (Miami) Joseph G. Galagaza (Houston) Beverly W. Garofalo (Hartford) Roger P. Gilson, Jr. (Stamford) Amy J. Gittler (Phoenix) Franklin H. Goldberger (Albany) Brian P. Goldstein (Albany) J. Gregory Grisham (Memphis) Richard J. Hafets (Baltimore) Veronica Arechederra Hall (Las Vegas) Dan G. Hartsfield (Dallas) Kevin D. Holden (Richmond) Patricia L. Holland (Raleigh) Maurice G. Jenkins (Detroit) David R. Jimenez (Hartford) Harry J. Joe (Dallas) Robert K. Jones (Phoenix) Conrad S. Kee (Stamford) Jay Adams Knight (Los Angeles) | M. Angela Krieger (Omaha) Stanley A. Krieger (Omaha) Randal M. Limbeck (Omaha) Timothy D. Loudon (Omaha) Thomas M. Lucas (Norfolk) Richard N. Margulies (Jacksonville) Richard S. McAtee (Raleigh) Jane M. McFetridge (Chicago) Emmett F. McGee (Baltimore) Susan K. McKenna (Orlando) Shannon L. Miller (Birmingham) David K. Montgomery (Cincinnati) Kathryn Montgomery Moran (Chicago) Gary C. Moss (Las Vegas) James R. Mulroy II (Memphis) David E. Nagle (Richmond) Joy M. Napier-Joyce (Baltimore) John M. Nolan (Morristown) Lynn C. Outwater (Pittsburgh) Amy L. Peck (Omaha) Andrew C. Pickett (Boston) Mark S. Ross (San Francisco) Joseph A. Saccomano, Jr. (White Plains) Andreas N. Satterfield, Jr. (Greenville) Richard W. Schey (Morristown) Jeffrey A. Schwartz (Atlanta) Daniel Schwarz (Portsmouth) Larry R. Seegull (Baltimore) Allison E. Serafin (Raleigh) Mark S. Shiffman (Pittsburgh) Stephen M. Silvestri (Baltimore) Ann H. Smith (Raleigh) Douglas G. Smith (Pittsburgh) Thomas R. Smith (Miami) Michael Soltis (Stamford) Margaret J. Strange (Hartford) James H. Stock, Jr. (Memphis) Mark L. Sussman (Melville) René E. Thorne (New Orleans) Patrick L. Vaccaro (White Plains) Teresa S. Valderrama (Houston) Ruthie Nelson White (Houston) Donald C. Works, III (Orlando) Elayna J. Youchah (Las Vegas) |
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About Jackson Lewis
Founded in 1958, Jackson Lewis, dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law, is one of the fastest growing workplace law firms in the U.S., with over 700 attorneys practicing in 49 locations nationwide. We have a wide-range of specialized practice areas, including: Affirmative Action and OFCCP Planning and Counseling; Disability, Leave and Health Management; Employee Benefits Counseling and Litigation; Global Immigration; Labor, including Preventive Practices; General Employment Litigation, including Class Actions, Complex Litigation and e-Discovery; Non-Competes and Protection Against Unfair Competition; Wage and Hour Compliance; Workplace Safety Compliance and Corporate Diversity Counseling. In addition, Jackson Lewis provides advice nationally in other workplace law areas, including: Reductions in Force, WARN Act; Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations; Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management; International Employment Issues; Management Education; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Public Sector Representation; Government Relations; Collegiate and Professional Sports; and Privacy, Social Media and Information Management.
For the 11th consecutive year, Jackson Lewis has been recognized for delivering client service excellence to the world’s largest corporations, once again earning a spot on the BTI Client Service A-Team. Jackson Lewis has also been recognized by in-house counsel of Fortune 1000 companies after a comprehensive survey, as “the single highest-ranked firm clients want by their side in employment battles.” In addition, Jackson Lewis is ranked in the First Tier nationally in the category of Labor and Employment Litigation, as well as in both Employment Law and Labor Law on behalf of Management in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms,” and is recognized by Chambers and Legal 500. As an “AmLaw 100” firm, Jackson Lewis has one of the most active employment litigation practices in the United States, with a current caseload of over 5000 litigations and approximately 300 class actions. And finally, Jackson Lewis is a charter member of L & E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide, an alliance currently of 14 workplace law firms in 14 countries.
Additional information about the firm can be found at www.jacksonlewis.com.
About Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America was first published in 1983 and is the oldest and most respected legal referral guide in the United States. Best Lawyers surveys thousands of top attorneys in the United States, who confidentially evaluate the legal abilities of their professional peers. The guide includes attorneys covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
For more information, please contact:
Lara Hamm
T: (703) 483-8373
Email: hamml@jacksonlewis.com