2015 Guide to Most Powerful Employment Attorneys
By Lawdragon News | June 16, 2015 | Guides
Lawdragon is proud to present the 2015 Guide to Most Powerful Employment Lawyers, the result of hundreds of law firm submissions and editorial research conducted over the past year. This is the eighth 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 third year, a Hall of Fame list.
| Name | Law Firm | City |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy L. Abell | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Rory Judd Albert | Proskauer | New York |
| Rosemary Alito | K&L Gates | Newark, N.J. |
| Fred W. Alvarez | Jones Day | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| 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 | Greenberg Traurig | San Francisco |
| Elise M. Bloom | Proskauer | New York |
| James N. Boudreau | Greenberg Traurig | Philadelphia |
| Paul W. Cane Jr. | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Charles S. Caulkins | Fisher & Phillips | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Apalla U. Chopra | O’Melveny | Los Angeles |
| Vincent A. Cino | Jackson Lewis | Morristown, N.J. |
| Shauna Clark | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston |
| Joseph T. Clees | Ogletree Deakins | Phoenix |
| William L. Cole | Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp | Los Angeles |
| John J. Coleman III | Burr & Forman | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Catherine A. Conway | Gibson Dunn | Los Angeles |
| 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 | BakerHostetler | Houston |
| Brian West Easley | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Kim F. Ebert | Ogletree Deakins | Indianapolis |
| Anne Marie Estevez | Morgan Lewis | Miami |
| Debra J. Fischman | Sher Garner | New Orleans |
| Mark J. Foley | Cozen O’Connor | Philadelphia |
| Gary D. Friedman | Weil | New York |
| John P. Furfaro | Skadden | New York |
| Michael J. Gray | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Brian S. Greig | Norton Rose Fulbright | Austin, Texas |
| Elizabeth P. Hardy | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham, Mich. |
| Barry A. Hartstein | Littler | Chicago |
| Gerald T. Hathaway | Drinker Biddle | New York |
| Lynne C. Hermle | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Patrick H. Hicks | Littler | Las Vegas |
| Stephen J. Hirschfeld | Hirschfeld Kraemer | San Francisco |
| Robert W. Horton | Bass Berry & Sims | Nashville, Tenn. |
| Jerry M. Hunter | Bryan Cave | St. Louis |
| Maurice G. Jenkins | Jackson Lewis | Detroit |
| W. Carl Jordan | Vinson & Elkins | Houston |
| Ellen C. Kearns | Constangy | Boston |
| Tracey A. Kennedy | Sheppard Mullin | Los Angeles |
| Thomas G. Kienbaum | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham, Mich. |
| F. Curt Kirschner Jr. | Jones Day | San Francisco |
| Jeffrey S. Klein | Weil | New York |
| Jeffrey Kohn | O’Melveny | New York |
| Jay P. Krupin | BakerHostetler | 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 & Knupp | Los Angeles |
| John B. Lewis | BakerHostetler | Cleveland |
| Robert G. Lian Jr. | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Joseph C. Liburt | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Donald R. Livingston | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Alison B. Marshall | Jones Day | Washington |
| William C. Martucci | Shook | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Matthew T. Miklave | Robinson+Cole | Stamford, Conn. |
| Armin J. Moeller Jr. | Balch & Bingham | Jackson, Miss. |
| Marko J. Mrkonich | Littler | Minneapolis |
| Daniel L. Nash | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Michael Patrick O’Brien | Jones Waldo | Salt Lake City |
| Camille A. Olson | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Anthony J. Oncidi | Proskauer | Los Angeles |
| William P. Perkins | Seyfarth Shaw | New York |
| Laura R. Petroff | Winston & Strawn | Los Angeles |
| 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 Patton Boggs | Phoenix |
| Jeremy A. Roth | Littler | San Diego |
| Paul Salvatore | Proskauer | New York |
| Terry E. Sanchez | Munger Tolles | Los Angeles |
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Jonathan A. Segal | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Samuel S. Shaulson | Morgan Lewis | New York |
| Patrick W. Shea | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Jeremy P. Sherman | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Richard J. Simmons | Sheppard Mullin | Los Angeles |
| Grace E. Speights | Morgan Lewis | Washington |
| Steven W. Suflas | Ballard Spahr | Cherry Hill, N.J. |
| Nigel F. Telman | Proskauer | Chicago |
| Joseph E. Tilson | Cozen O’Connor | Chicago |
| Joseph J. Torres | Winston & Strawn | Chicago |
| Geoff Weirich | Paul Hastings | Atlanta |
| Allan 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 |
| John F. Wymer III | Sherman & Howard | Atlanta |
