Constangy, Brooks & Smith Receives Top Legal Rankings from Chambers USA Awards for Excellence

June 12, 2009

CONTACT:
Elizabeth Neeland Fetzer
Public Relations Coordinator
404-230-6724
eneeland@constangy.com

ATLANTA Chambers USA Awards announced today that national labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, is among firms selected to its 2009 list of top-ranking law firms and attorneys. 

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, was awarded five firm rankings and 19 distinct individual attorney rankings in the Chambers USA Awards conducted by Chambers and Partners which recognizes and rewards America’s top business attorneys and leading law firms.  Chambers USA selected Constangy offices in North Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Florida and Tennessee as leading labor and employment law firms in these states.

In addition, many outstanding Constangy, Brooks & Smith attorneys were recognized as leaders in their industry and were selected as being top-ranked in Labor & Employment law.  John Dickinson from the Jacksonville office in Florida and John Doyle, Jr., W. Randolph Loftis, Jr., and Penni Pearson Bradshaw from the Winston-Salem office in North Carolina were among those receiving top rankings.  Penni Pearson Bradshaw was also selected as a leader in Immigration law.

Other highly-ranked attorneys include:

·                    William (Zan) A. Blue, Jr. (Tennessee- Nashville office)

·                    Mark Flora (Texas- Austin office)

·                    Timothy A. Davis (Missouri- Kansas City office)

·                    Robert Janowitz (Missouri- Kansas City office)

·                    Mike Malfitano (Florida- Tampa office)

·                    Damon Kitchen (Florida-Jacksonville office)

·                    Steve Warren (South Carolina-Greenville office)

·                    Kenneth P. Carlson, Jr. (North Carolina-Winston-Salem office)

·                    W. Melvin Haas III (Georgia- Macon office)

·                    Bill Clifton (Georgia- Macon office)

·                    Carl Cannon (Georgia- Atlanta office)

·                    Patrick R. Tyson (Georgia- Atlanta office)

·                    Neil H. Wasser (Georgia- Atlanta office)

·                    William K. Principe (Georgia-Atlanta office)

For more information, contact eneeland@constangy.com.

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 publications such as Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, and Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys in the United States. More than 100 lawyers partner with clients to provide cost-effective legal services and sound preventive advice to enhance the employer-employee relationship. Offices are located in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Texas and California. For more information, visit www.constangy.com.


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