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Best Lawyers In America® Names 105 Jackson Lewis Attorneys to 2014 Edition

WHITE PLAINS, NY (September 12, 2013) - Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, announced that 105 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their professional peers for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. Since first being recognized by this prestigious peer-review publication in 1989, the firm’s presence on this list has grown steadily each year, resulting in a 19% increase this year from the 2013 edition, and an impressive 69% increase from the year prior. 

Best Lawyers is based on a 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. 

“Being recognized by our peers is second only to recognition from our clients,” said Firm Chairman Vincent A. Cino. “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 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America® are:

Gil A. Abramson (Baltimore)
Joan Ackerstein (Boston)
Brooks R. Amiot (Baltimore)
Brett M. Anders (Morristown)
William J. Anthony (Albany)
Martin W. Aron (Morristown)
Tammy L. Baker (Birmingham)
Kathleen Reilly Barrow (Omaha)
John K. Bennett (Morristown)
Magdalen Blessey Bickford (New Orleans)
David E. Block (Miami)
Peter R. Bulmer (Chicago)
Scott A. Carroll (Cincinnati)
Stephanie M. Cerasano (Phoenix)
Vincent A. Cino (Morristown)
Richard J. Cino (Morristown)
Richard S. Cohen (Phoenix)
Susan M. Corcoran (White Plains)
Victoria Woodin Chavey (Hartford)
Thomas A. Davis (Birmingham)
Susan F. Desmond (New Orleans)
Neil H. Dishman (Chicago)
Joseph S. Dreesen (Omaha)
Karen T. Dunlevey (Dayton)
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 (Stamford)
Amy J. Gittler (Phoenix)
Franklin H. Goldberger (Albany)
Brian P. Goldstein (Albany)
David L. Gordon (Atlanta)
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-Durham)
Michael A. Hood (Newport Beach)
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)
Stanley A. Krieger (Omaha)
M. Angela Krieger (Omaha)
Jay P. Lechner (Tampa)
Stephanie E. Lewis (Greenville)
Randal M. Limbeck (Omaha)
Ralph C. Losey (Orlando)
 Timothy D. Loudon (Omaha)
Thomas M. Lucas (Norfolk)
Richard N. Margulies (Jacksonville)
Richard Scott McAtee (Raleigh-Durham)
Jane M. McFetridge (Chicago)
Emmett F. McGee, Jr. (Baltimore)
Susan K. McKenna (Orlando)
Shannon L. Miller (Birmingham)
David K. Montgomery (Cincinnati)
Victor P. Montoya (Albuquerque)
Kathryn Montgomery Moran (Chicago)
Karen M. Morinelli (Tampa)
Gary C. Moss (Las Vegas)
Misti Mukherjee (Reston)
James R. Mulroy II (Memphis)
Peter F. Munger (Denver)
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)
Sarah J. Ryan (Portland)
Joseph A. Saccomano, Jr. (White Plains)
Andreas N. Satterfield, Jr. (Greenville)
Richard W. Schey (Morristown)
Craig A. Schloss (San Diego)
Jeffery A. Schwartz (Atlanta)
Daniel P. Schwarz (Portsmouth)
Larry R. Seegull (Baltimore)
Charles F. Seemann III (New Orleans)
Allison E. Serafin (Raleigh-Durham)
Mark S. Shiffman (Pittsburgh)
Stephen M. Silvestri (Baltimore)
Douglas G. Smith (Pittsburgh)
Ann H. Smith (Raleigh-Durham)
Thomas Royall Smith (Tampa)
Michael J. Soltis (Stamford)
James H. Stock, Jr. (Memphis)
Margaret J. Strange (Hartford)
Mark L. Sussman (Long Island)
René E. Thorne (New Orleans)
Patrick L. Vaccaro (White Plains)
Teresa S. Valderrama (Houston)
Todd Van Dyke (Atlanta)
Martha Van Oot (Portsmouth)
Ruthie N. White (Houston)
Sandi R. Wilson (Greenville)
Donald C. Works III (Orlando)
Elayna J. Youchah (Las Vegas)

 

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 750 attorneys practicing in 54 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; Immigration; Labor and 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 and Health 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 in a comprehensive survey by BTI Consulting Group as both a “Powerhouse” and “Standout” in employment litigation. 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 6,500 litigations and approximately 415 class actions. And finally, Jackson Lewis is a charter member of L & E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide, an alliance currently of 15 workplace law firms in 15 countries.

For more information, please contact:

Jana Simon 

T: (212) 545-4066

E: Jana.simon@jacksonlewis.com