2014 Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers
By Lawdragon News | June 15, 2014 | Guides
Lawdragon is proud to present The 2014 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 seventh 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; 40 Up and Comers in the field; and, for the second year, a Hall of Fame list.
| Name | Firm | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy L. Abell | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Rory Judd Albert | Proskauer | New York |
| Rosemary Alito | K&L Gates | Newark |
| Fred W. Alvarez | Jones Day | Palo Alto |
| Michael L.Banks | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Paula Barran | Barran Liebman | Portland |
| Ned Bassen | Hughes Hubbard | New York |
| Joseph Baumgarten | Proskauer | New York |
| Scott C. Beightol | Michael Best | Milwaukee |
| Charles Birenbaum | Greenberg Traurig | San Francisco |
| Elise M. Bloom | Proskauer | New York |
| James Boudreau | Greenberg Traurig | Philadelphia |
| Paul Cane | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Charles S. Caulkins | Fisher & Phillips | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Apalla U. Chopra | O’Melveny | Los Angeles |
| Shauna Clark | Fulbright | Houston |
| Joseph T. Clees | Ogletree Deakins | Phoenix |
| William L. Cole | Mitchell Silberberg | Los Angeles |
| John J. Coleman III | Burr & Forman | Birmingham |
| Harriet E. Cooperman | Saul Ewing | Baltimore |
| Joseph J. Costello | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Barbara Jean D’Aquila | Norton Rose Fulbright | Minneapolis |
| Lisa J. Damon | Seyfarth Shaw | Boston |
| Mike Delikat | Orrick | New York |
| Lawrence C. DiNardo | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Dennis P. Duffy | Baker Hostetler | Houston |
| Kim F. Ebert | Ogletree Deakins | Indianapolis |
| Anne Marie Estevez | Morgan Lewis | Miami |
| Zachary D. Fasman | Proskauer | New York |
| Baruch A. Fellner | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Debra J. Fischman | Sher Garner | New Orleans |
| Mark J. Foley | Cozen O’Connor | Philadelphia |
| James C. Franczek Jr. | Franczek Radelet | Chicago |
| Gary D. Friedman | Weil Gotshal | New York |
| Willis J. Goldsmith | Jones Day | New York |
| Michael J. Gray | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Brian S. Greig | Norton Rose Fulbright | Austin |
| Elizabeth Hardy | Kienbaum Opperwall | Birmingham |
| Barry A. Hartstein | Littler | Chicago |
| Gerald Hathaway | Mitchell Silberberg | New York |
| Lynne C. Hermle | Orrick | Menlo Park |
| Patrick H. Hicks | Littler | Las Vegas |
| Stephen J. Hirschfeld | Hirschfeld Kraemer | San Francisco |
| Robert W. Horton | Bass Berry | Nashville |
| Hunter R. Hughes III | Rogers & Hardin | Atlanta |
| 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 Kearns | Constangy | Boston |
| Tracey Kennedy | Sheppard Mullin | Los Angeles |
| Thomas Keinbaum | Kienbaum Opperwall | Birmingham |
| Jeffrey S. Klein | Weil Gotshal | New York |
| Jay P. Krupin | Baker Hostetler | Washington |
| Matthew W. Lampe | Jones Day | New York |
| John B. Langel | Ballard Spahr | Philadelphia |
| Kevin B. Leblang | Kramer Levin | New York |
| Adam Levin | Mitchell Silberberg | Los Angeles |
| John Lewis | Baker Hostetler | Cleveland |
| Robert G. Lian Jr. | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Joseph C. Liburt | Orrick | Menlo Park |
| Donald R. Livingston | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Alison B. Marshall | Jones Day | Washington |
| William C. Martucci | Shook Hardy | Kansas City |
| Matthew T. Miklave | Robinson & Cole | Stamford |
| Armin J. Moeller Jr. | Balch & Bingham | Jackson |
| 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 |
| Stephen A. Ploscowe | Fox Rothschild | Roseland |
| Charles M. Poplstein | Thompson Coburn | St. Louis |
| 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 |
| Theodore O. Rogers Jr. | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York |
| Lawrence J. Rosenfeld | Squire Sanders | Phoenix |
| Jeremy Roth | Littler | San Diego |
| Paul Salvatore | Proskauer | New York |
| Terry E. Sanchez | Munger Tolles | Los Angeles |
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Jonathan Segal | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Patrick Shea | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Jeremy Sherman | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Gary R. Siniscalco | Orrick | San Francisco |
| Gregory Smith | Lionel Sawyer | Las Vegas |
| Grace E. Speights | Morgan Lewis | Washington |
| George Stohner | Morgan Lewis | Los Angeles |
| Steven Suflas | Ballard Spahr | Cherry Hill |
| Nigel F. Telman | Proskauer | Chicago |
| Joseph E. Tilson | Meckler Bulger | Chicago |
| Geoff Weirich | Paul Hastings | Atlanta |
| Allan Weitzman | Proskauer | Boca Raton |
| A. Martin Wickliff Jr. | Cozen O’Connor | Houston |
| Kirby C. Wilcox | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Robert M. Wolff | Littler | Cleveland |
| T.J. “Jeff” Wray | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston |
| John Wymer | Sherman & Howard | Atlanta |
