Twenty Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2010

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ATLANTA—  National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, announced today that 20 of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 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, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 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:

Atlanta
Frank Barry Shuster - Labor and Employment Law
Patrick R. Tyson - Labor and Employment Law

Austin
Mark R. Flora - Labor and Employment Law

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

Kansas City
Robert J. Janowitz - Labor and Employment Law

Macon
W. Melvin Haas III - Labor and Employment Law
Jeffery L. Thompson - Labor and Employment Law

Nashville
William "Zan" Blue, Jr. - Labor and Employment Law

Tampa
Michael D. Malfitano - Labor and Employment Law

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 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, Wisconsin, Texas, California and Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.constangy.com.