For the sixth year, we have selected legends for the Hall of Fame of the corporate employment bar whose contributions to the field as well as their firms are unparalleled. Very few lawyers are considered for Hall of Fame status — which begins with 35 years in the employment-law trenches and requires consistent recognition for all-around excellence in counseling clients, contributing to the bar and serving as a visionary to improve workplaces. Lawyers will be added to the Hall of Fame each year and retired from future consideration.
| Name | Law Firm | City | Year of Induction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paula A. Barran | Barran Liebman | Portland | 2018 |
| Barbara Jean D’Aquila | Norton Rose Fulbright | Minneapolis | 2018 |
| Kim F. Ebert | Ogletree Deakins | Indianapolis | 2018 |
| Robert Fleder | Paul Weiss | New York | 2018 |
| Josie Gonzalez | Stone Grzegorek | Los Angeles | 2018 |
| W. Carl Jordan | Vinson & Elkins | Houston | 2018 |
| H. Ronald Klasko | Klasko Immigration Law Partners | Philadelphia | 2018 |
| Ira J. Kurzban | Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt | Miami | 2018 |
| Donald R. Livingston | Akin Gump | Washington, D.C. | 2018 |
| Steven McCown | Littler | Austin | 2018 |
| Theodore Ruthizer | Kramer Levin | New York | 2018 |
| Robert Siegel | O’Melveny | Los Angeles | 2018 |
| Jonathan Sulds | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2018 |
| Marc Van Der Hout | Van Der Hout Brigagliano | San Francisco | 2018 |
| A. Martin Wickliff Jr. | Cozen O’Connor | Houston | 2018 |
| John Wymer | Sherman & Howard | Atlanta | 2018 |
| Fred Alvarez | Jones Day | Palo Alto | 2017 |
| Ned Bassen | Hughes Hubbard | New York | 2017 |
| Greg Braden | Morgan Lewis | Washington | 2017 |
| Lawrence Dinardo | Jones Day | Chicago | 2017 |
| Brian Greig | Norton Rose Fulbright | Austin, Texas | 2017 |
| Ellen Kearns | Constangy | Boston | 2017 |
| John Langel | Ballard Spahr | Philadelphia | 2017 |
| John Lewis | Baker Hostetler | Cleveland | 2017 |
| Michael Lotito | Littler | San Francisco | 2017 |
| Michael Patrick | Fragomen | New York | 2017 |
| Lawrence Rosenfeld | Squire Patton | Phoenix | 2017 |
| Bernie Siebert | Sherman & Howard | Denver | 2017 |
| Richard Simmons | Sheppard Mullins | Los Angeles | 2017 |
| Allan Weitzman | Proskauer | Boca Raton | 2017 |
| Kirby Wilcox | Paul Hastings | San Francisco | 2017 |
| Brian Clemow | Shipman & Goodwin | Hartford, Conn. | 2016 |
| W. Melvin Haas III | Constangy | Macon, Ga. | 2016 |
| Mark A. Hutcheson | Davis Wright | Seattle | 2016 |
| Charles C. Jackson | Morgan Lewis | Chicago | 2016 |
| Thomas G. Kienbaum | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham, Mich. | 2016 |
| Thomas Y. Mandler | Hinshaw | Chicago | 2016 |
| Armin J. Moeller Jr. | Balch & Bingham | Jackson, Miss. | 2016 |
| Angelo Paparelli | Seyfarth | Los Angeles | 2016 |
| James R. Redeker | Duane Morris | Philadelphia | 2016 |
| Jeremy Sherman | Seyfarth | Chicago | 2016 |
| Jeff T. Appleman | Berry Appleman & Leiden | San Francisco | 2015 |
| Lynne Deitch | Duke | Durham, N.C. | 2015 |
| Zachary D. Fasman | Proskauer | New York | 2015 |
| Baruch A. Fellner | Gibson Dunn | Washington | 2015 |
| James C. Franczek Jr. | Franczek Radelet | Chicago | 2015 |
| Willis J. Goldsmith | Jones Day | New York | 2015 |
| Hunter R. Hughes III | Rogers & Hardin | Atlanta | 2015 |
| Stephen A. Ploscowe | Fox Rothschild | N.J. | 2015 |
| Ronald H. Shechtman | Pryor Cashman | New York | 2015 |
| Gary R. Siniscalco | Orrick | San Francisco | 2015 |
| L. Robert Batterman | Proskauer | New York | 2014 |
| Barbara B. Brown | Paul Hastings | Washington | 2014 |
| Francis X. Dee | McElroy Deutsch | Morristown | 2014 |
| Mark S. Dichter | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia | 2014 |
| Charles C. Foster | Foster Quan | Houston | 2014 |
| Howard Ganz | Proskauer | New York | 2014 |
| William J. Kilberg | Gibson Dunn | Washington | 2014 |
| Demitrios M. Moschos | Mirick O’Connell | Worchester | 2014 |
| Stephen A. Ploscowe | Fox Rothschild | Roseland | 2014 |
| Michael Reiss | Davis Wright | Seattle | 2014 |
| Peter Wolfson Zinober | Greenberg Traurig | Tampa | 2014 |
| R. Lawrence Ashe Jr. | Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs | Atlanta | 2013 |
| Austin T. Fragomen | Fragomen | New York | 2013 |
| Alan V. Friedman | Munger Tolles & Olson | Los Angeles | 2013 |
| Theodore R. Groom | Groom Law Group | Washington | 2013 |
| Paul Grossman | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles | 2013 |
| C. Lash Harrison | FordHarrison | Atlanta | 2013 |
| Garry C. Mathiason | Littler | San Francisco | 2013 |
| Bettina B. Plevan | Proskauer | New York | 2013 |
| Patrick L. Vaccaro | Jackson Lewis | White Plains, N.Y. | 2013 |
| Jay W. Waks | Kaye Scholer | New York | 2013 |
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