Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, has seven attorneys from the firm’s Arizona offices that were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016. The lawyers on the 2016 list were reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional experience and underwent an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.
The Arizona-based Ogletree Deakins attorneys appearing on the 2016 Best Lawyers in America© list include:
- Joseph T. Clees (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- L. Eric Dowell (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Leah S. Freed (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Mark G. Kisicki (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- James K. Mackie (Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Tracy A. Miller (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Tibor Nagy, Jr. (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Nonnie L. Shivers (Employment Law – Management)
Best Lawyers® has also named Mackie as the 2016 Tucson Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.” The publication awards this honor to a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
Firm-wide, 190 Ogletree Deakins attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers© list. Many earned recognition in multiple categories—147 were named under the Employment Law – Management category; 101 were named under the Labor Law – Management category; and 111 were named under the Litigation – Labor and Employment category.