Thirteen Fisher Phillips attorneys from the firm’s Atlanta office have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018®.
The attorneys honored for their work in management-side labor and employment law or immigration law included: Roger K. Quillen, D. Albert Brannen, Burton F. Dodd, Donald B. Harden, Howard A. Mavity, Ann Margaret Pointer, Thomas P. Rebel, Joseph P. Shelton, Shanon Stevenson, Douglas R. Sullenberger, John E. Thompson, Kim Kiel Thompson and Joshua H. Viau.
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Quillen is the full-time chairman and managing partner of Fisher Phillips, where he effectively is the CEO of an organization with more than 350 attorneys and an additional support staff of 350 people. He has continuously led the firm for 15 years. His law practice focused on litigation covering a wide range of employment discrimination issues, employee welfare benefit plans, the Railway Labor Act and issues arising before the NLRB and the EEOC. Quillen also represented employers in collective bargaining and counseled them on strategies designed to prevent claims and lawsuits. This is his 12th year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Brannen, managing partner of the Atlanta office, has represented employers since 1982 exclusively in successfully solving labor and employment issues in the workplace. He also has experience advising employers on union related matters and in assisting employers with the administration, negotiation, mediation and arbitration of collective bargaining agreements. This is Brannen’s seventh year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Dodd is a partner who 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 for more than 30 years against claims of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful discharge brought in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. This is his seventh year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Harden is a senior counsel whose practice emphasizes trials and appeals in class actions and complex litigation, including employee benefits and employment standards cases. He is a member of the Federalist Society and the Defense Research Institute. This is Harden’s 12th year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Mavity is a partner who founded and co-chairs the firm's workplace safety and catastrophe management practice group. He has provided counsel for over 225 occasions of union activity, guided unionized companies, and has managed approximately 550 OSHA fatality cases in construction and general industry, ranging from dust explosions to building collapses, in virtually every state. This is Mavity’s third year listed inBest Lawyers in America.
Pointer is a partner who has represented management in labor and employment matters for more than 30 years. As counsel to many U.S. companies and U.S. subsidiaries of global companies in a variety of businesses, her areas of practice include advising on compliance issues and defending employers against class, collective and individual discrimination, pay, retaliation, and harassment complaints and lawsuits. This is Pointer’s 12th year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Rebel is a partner with extensive experience in several industries, including education, healthcare, and hospitality. He has been a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys for 30 years and co-chairs the firm’s affirmative action and federal contract compliance practice group. This is Rebel’s sixth year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Shelton is a partner in the Atlanta office and he leads the office’s litigation team. His practice focuses on the defense of employment discrimination claims in trial and appellate courts, as well as litigation in the area of employee defection issues (e.g., trade secrets and restrictive covenants). This is Shelton’s first year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Stevenson is a partner in the Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Global Immigration Practice Group. Shanon's practice focuses on corporate immigration law in the information technology industry. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. This is Stevenson’s first year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Sullenbergeris a partner whosepractice focuses on traditional labor law, including representing and advising employers on union related matters. He has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2009 and has also been listed by the Labor Relations Institute as one of the "Top 100 Labor Attorneys" in the U.S. This is Sullenberger’s sixth year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
J. Thompson is a partner whose practice focuses on wage and hour law, emphasizing issues relating to minimum wage, overtime, timekeeping, and wage-payment requirements. He has also addressed wage-hour topics in presentations to numerous employer groups and in articles appearing in both human resources publications and industry journals. This is his 12th year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
K. Thompsonis a partner whoserves as chair of the firm's global immigration practice group. Her practice focuses on immigration and nationality law; she began practicing in this area in 1990. Thompson is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the ABA-affiliated association for attorneys practicing immigration law. This is her ninth year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Viau is of counsel in the Atlanta office and has spent his entire legal career advising and representing employers in labor and employment matters including government agency audits, EEOC charges, employment related litigation, unfair labor practice charges, union organizing campaigns, and collective bargaining negotiations and contract administration. This is his fifth year listed in Best Lawyers in America.
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