Best Lawyers in Alabama, United States for Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Rick Brown provides a full range of services related to the traditional labor and employment law practice. His services related to the avoidance of unionization range from advice concerning all aspects of employee relations and the formulation of policies and practices to legal advice during and after union organizational efforts, union decertification drives and union deauthorization proceedings. Rick's involvement with union organizing includes clients located throughout the country in manu...
Anne has over 25 years experience partnering with clients to efficiently manage employment matters, whether that entails walking through an employee disciplinary issue, training supervisors on FMLA, early settlement of an EEOC charge or a jury trial. She has worked with clients throughout the Southeast to develop handbooks, administer FMLA and USERRA leave, oversee reductions in force, negotiate employment agreements (including non-competes), and all aspects of employee training. Anne has han...
Keith Covington is a partner in the firm’s Birmingham, Alabama office where he practices labor and employment, immigration, and construction law. Keith counsels employers on a wide variety of topics, including labor relations, union avoidance, equal employment opportunity, OSHA compliance, disability accommodation, non-compete agreements, and issues relating to employee discipline and termination. His immigration practice includes worksite compliance and obtaining employer-based non-imm...
Michael places paramount importance on understanding a client’s business and developing tailored solutions that work for each individual client. He aims to build a trusted partnership with his clients to help navigate the difficult and ever-changing issues employers face daily. While he has had numerous victories as an attorney, Michael takes the most pride in helping his clients avoid litigation through a common sense and cost-effective approach. Through serving as interim in-house emp...
Emily Tidmore is an appellate lawyer and commercial litigator who has represented clients in complex commercial litigation throughout the country, including in the United States Supreme Court. Her litigation experience includes commercial and labor-and-employment class actions, business torts, intellectual property disputes, transportation regulation, Chapter 9 (municipal) bankruptcy, and punitive damages and federal preemption issues. Emily was named as the 2018 “Lawyer of the Year&rdq...
Gaile Pugh Gratton Greene is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. She is a member of the Employment and Labor practice group, where she has considerable experience litigating employment claims. Gaile advises clients on the development and implementation of workplace policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance. She conducts investigations of discrimination claims and employee misconduct and also performs labor audits. Gaile prepares employee and personnel ...
Mr. Canupp is a shareholder in the firm and an adjunct professor of employment law at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Mr. Canupp’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on litigation in federal court, both at the trial and appellate levels. Among other areas of practice, Mr. Canupp frequently is engaged on issues of constitutional law; voting rights, civil rights, and police liability claims; and employment litigation. A former federal law clerk, he has...
J. Park Wynn is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Labor and Employment. J. Park, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which J. Park is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Taylor Johnson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Taylor, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Taylor is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jordan is a member of Butler Snow’s Labor and Employment practice group. With a background in federal government, Jordan utilizes her regulatory enforcement and compliance experience to meet clients’ immigration needs. She prepares nonimmigrant work visa petitions for companies hiring foreign nationals (L-1, O-1, H-1B, E-2, TN, R-1), employment-based immigrant visa petitions (EB-1, EB-2, EB-2 NIW, EB-3), and family-based immigrant petitions.
As an associate in the Birmingham office, Hannah represents clients in civil litigation with a focus on insurance coverage and bad faith, insurance defense, commercial transportation, liquor liability, and employment law. Hannah graduated from The University of Alabamawhere she received a degree in news media broadcasting with a concentration in sports. While at Alabama, Hannah worked for the SEC Network as a student sideline sports reporter and took a media law class which sparked an interes...
Daniel B. Harris is an associate in the Birmingham, Alabama, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice focuses on representing employers in workplace law matters, including defense of litigated matters, preventive advice and counseling, and employee training. No matter the issue presented, Daniel tailors his approach to the goals and needs of each client, always seeking the most effective and efficient resolution possible for the employer. Daniel’s experience allows him to effectively p...
Brittany Turner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Brittany, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brittany is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Stephanie M. Hall is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Stephanie M., who practices law in Huntsville, Alabama, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stephanie M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Caitlin Cobb is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Caitlin, who practices law in Montgomery, Alabama, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caitlin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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