Twenty-Three Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2011

Wendy Angel
Public Relations Coordinator
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
404-230-6724 Office
Wangel@constangy.com

ATLANTA— National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, announced today that 23 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, leading attorneys cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.

Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The attorneys and their practice areas for which they have been recognized are:

Asheville, N.C. (number one Labor and Employment Law firm locally)

Jonathan W. Yarbrough - Labor and Employment Law (first year listed)

Atlanta

Frank Barry Shuster - Labor and Employment Law (listed for more than 20 years)

Patrick R. Tyson - Labor and Employment Law

Austin

Mark R. Flora - Labor and Employment Law (listed for more than 15 years)

Birmingham

James N. Nolan - Workers' Compensation Law

Dana L. Thrasher - Employee Benefits Law

Boston

Ellen C. Kearns - Labor and Employment Law

Columbia

Henry S. Knight, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law

Fairfax

James M. Coleman - Labor and Employment Law

Jacksonville

John F. Dickinson - Labor and Employment Law

Frank Damon Kitchen - Labor and Employment Law

Margaret Philips Zabijaka - Labor and Employment Law (first year listed)

Kansas City

Robert J. Janowitz - Labor and Employment Law

Macon (number one Labor and Employment Law firm locally)

W. Melvin Haas III - Labor and Employment Law

Jeffery L. Thompson - Labor and Employment Law

Nashville

William A. Blue, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law

Tampa

Michael D. Malfitano - Labor and Employment Law

John W. Campbell -- Labor and Employment Law (first year listed)

Winston-Salem (number one Labor and Employment Law firm locally)

Penni P. Bradshaw - Immigration Law, Labor and Employment Law

Kenneth P. Carlson, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Terry A. Clark - Labor and Employment Law

John J. Doyle, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law

W. Randolph Loftis, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law

About Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP:

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP has counseled employers on labor and employment law matters, exclusively, since 1946. A “Go To” Law Firm in Corporate Counsel and Fortune Magazine, it represents Fortune 500 corporations and small companies across the country. Its attorneys are consistently rated as top lawyers in their practice areas by sources such as Chambers USA, Martindale-Hubbell, Super Lawyers, and Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys in the United States. More than 120 lawyers partner with clients to provide cost-effective legal services and sound preventive advice to enhance the employer-employee relationship. Offices are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.constangy.com.