The 2012 Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers
By Lawdragon News | June 15, 2012 | Guides
Lawdragon is proud to present The Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers, the result of hundreds of law firm submissions and editorial research conducted over the past year. This is the fifth annual guide to leading employment lawyers we have produced in partnership with Human Resource Executive (HRE) magazine.
In addition to the 100 Most Powerful Employment Lawyers below, you can also view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits; the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law; the Top 20 in Immigration; as well as 40 Up and Comers in the field.
You can also read HRE's coverage accompanying the lists.
| Name | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy L. Abell | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Rory Judd Albert | Proskauer | New York |
| Rosemary Alito | K&L Gates | Newark, N.J. |
| Fred W. Alvarez | Wilson Sonsini | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| R. Lawrence Ashe Jr. | Ashe Rafuse | Atlanta |
| Kim J. Askew | K&L Gates | Dallas |
| Michael L.Banks | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Paula A. Barran | Barran Liebman | Portland, Ore. |
| Ned H. Bassen | Hughes Hubbard | New York |
| Joseph Baumgarten | Proskauer | New York |
| Scott C. Beightol | Michael Best | Milwaukee |
| Charles S. Birenbaum | Winston & Strawn | San Francisco |
| Elise M. Bloom | Proskauer | New York |
| Barbara B. Brown | Paul Hastings | Washington |
| Paul W. Cane Jr. | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Charles S. Caulkins | Fisher & Phillips | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Joseph T. Clees | Ogletree Deakins | Phoenix |
| William L. Cole | Mitchell Silberberg | Los Angeles |
| John J. Coleman III | Burr & Forman | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Harriet E. Cooperman | Saul Ewing | Baltimore |
| Joseph J. Costello | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Lisa J. Damon | Seyfarth Shaw | Boston |
| Barbara Jean D’Aquila | Fulbright | Minneapolis |
| Francis X. Dee | McElroy Deutsch | Morristown, N.J. |
| Mike Delikat | Orrick | New York |
| Mark S. Dichter | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Lawrence C. DiNardo | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Dennis P. Duffy | Baker Botts | Houston |
| Zachary D. Fasman | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Baruch A. Fellner | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Mark J. Foley | Cozen O’Connor | Philadelphia |
| Gary D. Friedman | Weil | New York |
| Willis J. Goldsmith | Jones Day | New York |
| Michael J. Gray | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Brian S. Greig | Fulbright | Austin, Texas |
| Paul Grossman | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Elizabeth P. Hardy | Kienbaum Opperwall | Birmingham, Mich. |
| C. Lash Harrison | Ford & Harrison | Atlanta |
| Barry A. Hartstein | Littler | Chicago |
| Gerald T. Hathaway | Mitchell Silberberg | New York |
| Lynne C. Hermle | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Patrick H. Hicks | Littler | Las Vegas |
| Stephen J. Hirschfeld | Curiale Hirschfeld | San Francisco |
| Jerry M. Hunter | Bryan Cave | St. Louis |
| Maurice G. Jenkins | Jackson Lewis | Detroit |
| W. Carl Jordan | Vinson & Elkins | Houston |
| Gregory J. Kamer | Kamer Zucker | Las Vegas |
| Joel H. Kaplan | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Ellen C. Kearns | Constangy | Boston |
| Thomas G. Kienbaum | Kienbaum Opperwall | Birmingham, Mich. |
| William Kilberg | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Jeffrey S. Klein | Weil | New York |
| Kevin B. Leblang | Kramer Levin | New York |
| Adam Levin | Mitchell Silberberg | Los Angeles |
| John B. Lewis | Baker Hostetler | Cleveland |
| Donald R. Livingston | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Alison B. Marshall | Jones Day | Washington |
| William C. Martucci | Shook Hardy | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Garry G. Mathiason | Littler | San Francisco |
| Matthew T. Miklave | Epstein Becker | New York |
| Armin J. Moeller Jr. | Balch & Bingham | Jackson, Miss. |
| Demitrios M. Moschos | Mirick O’Connell | Worchester, Mass. |
| Marko J. Mrkonich | Littler | Minneapolis |
| Michael Patrick O’Brien | Jones Waldo | Salt Lake City |
| Camille A. Olson | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Anthony J. Oncidi | Proskauer | Los Angeles |
| William N. Ozier | Bass Berry | Nashville, Tenn. |
| Bettina B. Plevan | Proskauer | New York |
| Stephen A. Ploscowe | Fox Rothschild | Roseland, N.J. |
| Roger K. Quillen | Fisher & Phillips | Atlanta |
| James R. Redeker | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Colleen M. Regan | Seyfarth Shaw | Los Angeles |
| D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell | Seattle |
| Michael Reiss | Davis Wright | Seattle |
| Theodore O. Rogers Jr. | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York |
| Lawrence Rosenfeld | Greenberg Traurig | Phoenix |
| Paul Salvatore | Proskauer | New York |
| Terry E. Sanchez | Munger Tolles | Los Angeles |
| Deborah C. Saxe | Jones Day | Los Angeles |
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Jonathan A. Segal | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Patrick W. Shea | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Jeremy P. Sherman | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Gary R. Siniscalco | Orrick | San Francisco |
| Gregory E. Smith | Lionel Sawyer | Las Vegas |
| Grace E. Speights | Morgan Lewis | Washington |
| George A. Stohner | Morgan Lewis | Los Angeles |
| Steven W. Suflas | Ballard Spahr | Cherry Hill, N.J. |
| Joseph E. Tilson | Meckler Bulger | Chicago |
| Patrick L. Vaccaro | Jackson Lewis | White Plains, N.Y. |
| Framroze Virjee | O’Melveny | Los Angeles |
| Jay W. Waks | Kaye Scholer | New York |
| Geoff Weirich | Paul Hastings | Atlanta |
| Allan H. Weitzman | Proskauer | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| A. Martin Wickliff Jr. | Cozen O’Connor | Houston |
| Kirby C. Wilcox | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Robert M. Wolff | Littler | Cleveland |
| T. J. (Jeff) Wray | Fulbright | Houston |
| John F. Wymer III | Paul Hastings | Atlanta |
| Peter Wolfson Zinober | Greenberg Traurig | Tampa, Fla. |
