2017 Guide to Most Powerful Employment Lawyers
By Lawdragon News | April 6, 2017 | News Articles, Guides, News & Features
Lawdragon is proud to present the 2017 Guide to the Most Powerful Employment Lawyers, the result of hundreds of law firm submissions and editorial research conducted over the past year. This is the tenth annual guide to leading corporate, defense-side 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 fifth year, a Hall of Fame list.
| Name | Law Firm | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy L. Abell | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Paul Lancaster Adams | Ogletree Deakins | Philadelphia |
| Rory Judd Albert | Proskauer | New York |
| Rosemary Alito | K&L Gates | Newark, N.J. |
| Lorie E. Almon | Seyfarth Shaw | New York |
| Michael L. Banks | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Paula A. Barran | Barran Liebman | Portland, Ore. |
| Mario Barrera | Norton Rose Fulbright | San Antonio |
| Mark Batten | Proskauer | Boston |
| Joseph Baumgarten | Proskauer | New York |
| Scott C. Beightol | Michael Best | Milwaukee |
| Charles S. Birenbaum | Greenberg Traurig | San Francisco |
| Elise M. Bloom | Proskauer | New York |
| Sarah Bouchard | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| James N. Boudreau | Greenberg Traurig | Philadelphia |
| Paul W. Cane Jr. | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Mark Casciari | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Charles S. Caulkins | Fisher & Phillips | Ft. Lauderdale |
| Terri Chase | Jones Day | New York |
| 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 |
| Karen Corman | Skadden | Los Angeles |
| Joseph J. Costello | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| M. Carter Crow | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston |
| Barbara Jean D’Aquila | Norton Rose Fulbright | Minneapolis |
| Lisa J. Damon | Seyfarth Shaw | Boston |
| Mike Delikat | Orrick | New York |
| Dennis P. Duffy | BakerHostetler | Houston |
| Brian West Easley | Jones Day | Minneapolis |
| Kim F. Ebert | Ogletree Deakins | Indianapolis |
| Juan Enjamio | Hunton & Williams | Miami |
| Anne Marie Estevez | Morgan Lewis | Miami |
| Mark J. Foley | Drinker Biddle | Philadelphia |
| Gary D. Friedman | Weil | New York |
| John P. Furfaro | Skadden | New York |
| Michael J. Gray | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Elizabeth P. Hardy | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham, Mich. |
| Gerald T. Hathaway | Drinker Biddle | 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 & Sims | Nashville |
| Jerry M. Hunter | Bryan Cave | St. Louis |
| Maurice G. Jenkins | Jackson Lewis | Southfield, Mich. |
| W. Carl Jordan | Vinson & Elkins | Houston |
| Jennifer P. Keller | Baker Donelson | Johnson City, Tenn. |
| Tracey A. Kennedy | Sheppard Mullin | Los Angeles |
| 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 |
| Kevin B. Leblang | Kramer Levin | New York |
| Adam Levin | Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp | Los Angeles |
| Robert G. Lian Jr. | Akin Gump | Washington |
| Joseph C. Liburt | Orrick | Menlo Park |
| Donald R. Livingston | Akin Gump | Washington |
| David Long-Daniels | Greenberg Traurig | Atlanta |
| Alison B. Marshall | Jones Day | Washington |
| William C. Martucci | Shook | Washington |
| Matthew T. Miklave | Robinson+Cole | Stamford, Conn. |
| 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 |
| Colleen M. Regan | Seyfarth Shaw | Los Angeles |
| D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell | Seattle |
| Theodore O. Rogers Jr. | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York |
| Jeremy A. Roth | Littler | San Diego |
| Paul Salvatore | Proskauer | New York |
| Terry E. Sanchez | Munger Tolles | Los Angeles |
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| David Schwartz | Skadden | New York |
| Jason Schwartz | Gibson Dunn | Washington |
| Jonathan A. Segal | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Samuel S. Shaulson | Morgan Lewis | New York |
| Patrick W. Shea | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Dawn Siler-Nixon | FordHarrison | Tampa |
| Grace E. Speights | Morgan Lewis | Washington |
| Jonathan Stoler | Sheppard Mullin | New York |
| Steven W. Suflas | Ballard Spahr | Denver |
| Jonathan Sulds | Greenberg Traurig | New York |
| Nigel F. Telman | Proskauer | Chicago |
| Joseph E. Tilson | Cozen O’Connor | Chicago |
| Joseph J. Torres | Winston & Strawn | Chicago |
| Julie Totten | Orrick | Sacramento |
| Jeff Weintraub | Fisher & Phillips | Memphis |
| A. Martin Wickliff Jr. | Cozen O’Connor | Houston |
| Robert M. Wolff | Littler | Cleveland |
| John F. Wymer III | Sherman & Howard | Atlanta |
