A. Craig Cleland
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Recognized since 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment




Contact & Links
Location
- One Ninety One Peachtree Tower, Suite 4800
191 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Education
- Georgia State University, J.D., graduated 1992
- Yale University, S. T. M., graduated 1983
- Vanderbilt University, M.Div, graduated 1981
- Valdosta State University, BA, graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
Affiliations
- All Saints’ Episcopal Church - Past Vestry Member
- American Employment Law Counsel - Member
- Atlanta Bar Association - Member
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society - Advisory Committee
- Care & Counseling Centers of Georgia - Past Board Chair
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Georgia State University Law Review - Editor- in-Chief
- Omicron Delta Kappa - Member
- Phi Kappa Phi - Member
Federal Clerkships
- United States District Court
271 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
87 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards




Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Employment Law - Management, Atlanta (2023)
- Employment Law - Management, Atlanta (2020)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, Atlanta (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America 2023 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus
- Class Actions
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Management
- Title VII Litigation
Awards:
- American Jurispridence Awards - Property, Jurisprudence, Business Tax
- Best Oralist & Runner-Up Best Best Brief - McKenzie-McPhail Moot Court Competition
- Chambers USA Leading Business Lawyers
- Atlanta Magazine’s “Super Lawyers”
- Georgia Trend’s “Legal Elite”
- BTI Client Service All-Star
Experience
- Defending numerous Fortune and smaller employers from a wide range of industries in employment-discrimination, wage-and-hour, benefits, and RICO cases—including in class and collective actions
- Serving as trial counsel in multiple single-plaintiff cases and arbitrations and in a class action
- Advocating on behalf of employers in appellate arguments in federal and state appellate courts on key employment issues
Other Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia
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