Best Lawyers Near You in Marietta, Georgia for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Ken Menendez is a Partner in the firm's Atlanta office. His experience is in complex commercial litigation, with concentrations in employment, financial and construction litigation. Ken has extensive experience with mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution and serves as a certified arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He has a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV (highest rating), has been selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers every year si...
Amanda A. Farahany is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Amanda A., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Amanda A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Greg Hare has been an employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins his entire career, ever since 1991. He assists companies with human resources and employment-related litigation matters, including wrongful termination claims, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, employment contracts, trade secrets, and non-compete agreements. He advises clients on a wide range of human resources topics, such as employee discipline and discharge, severance planning, independent contractor classifications, w...
Todd C. Duffield is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Todd C., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Todd C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Owen T. Hill is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Owen T., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Owen T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lauren H. Zeldin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Lauren H., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lauren H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jeff Mokotoff has a broad employment law practice and routinely counsels clients on a myriad of employment issues, drafts and reviews employment agreements, conducts management training, and litigates employment cases in state and federal court. He has extensive experience in representing clients concerning cases involving non-compete agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, employment/business torts, and wage and hour litigation. Jeff is the co-editor of the "Wage & Hour - Fair Lab...
Leslie Dent is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully tried cases ranging from individual discrimination matters to complex wage and hour class actions. She represents employers in class and collective actions involving off-the-clock claims, challenges to exempt status and other wage-related claims, as well as Rule 23 class actions alleging discrimination claims. Leslie counsels and represents employers on a broad range of employment law issues, including discrimination, harassment,...
Roger Quillen is the full-time Chairman and Managing Partner of Fisher Phillips. He is effectively the CEO of an organization with 350 attorneys and an additional support staff of more than 300 people. Roger has continuously led the firm for 15 years. The firm has tripled in size under Roger’s leadership and is consistently recognized as one of the country’s elite labor and employment law firms. Fisher Phillips has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers as th...
Michael Elkon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Michael, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Burton Dodd is a partner in the firm's Atlanta office. For more than 30 years he has successfully defended colleges and universities, independent schools, multi-national manufacturers, hospitals, professional medical groups, textile manufacturers, telecommunications corporations, and other employers throughout the United States against claims of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful discharge brought in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Burton al...
Maia Taylor is a litigator with Lawrence & Bundy focusing on Employment Matters, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Internal Investigations, Class Action Litigation, and General Commercial Litigation. Before joining Lawrence & Bundy, she was an associate at Sutherland (Eversheds Sutherland), where she participated in the firm’s 2012 Summer Associate program. Maia also served as a summer law clerk with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in Washington D.C.
Doug Sullenberger is a partner in the firm's Atlanta office. His practice focuses almost exclusively on traditional labor law, matters and advice, including representing and advising employers on matters involving development of and participation in employer-side collective bargaining, attempted union organizing activities, handling grievance/ arbitration cases, advice on strikes and strike preparation and conducting a day-to-day labor relations representation of employers before the National...
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