2019 Most Powerful Corporate Employment Lawyers
By Katrina Dewey | March 23, 2019 | Guides
Lawdragon is proud to present the 2019 Guide to the Most Powerful Corporate Employment Lawyers, the result of hundreds of law firm submissions and editorial research conducted over the past year. This is the 12th annual guide to leading corporate, defense-side employment lawyers we have produced in partnership with Human Resource Executive (HRE) magazine.
In addition to the 100 Most Powerful Employment Lawyers below, you can also view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits; the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law; the Top 20 in Immigration; 40 Up and Comers in the field; and, for the seventh year, a Hall of Fame list.
| Name | Law Firm | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy L. Abell | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles |
| Rory Judd Albert | Proskauer | New York |
| Rosemary Alito | K&L Gates | Newark |
| Lorie E. Almon | Seyfarth Shaw | New York |
| Eric Amdursky | O’Melveny | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Michael L. Banks | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| Johnine Barnes | Greenberg Traurig | Washington, D.C. |
| Mario Barrera | Norton Rose Fulbright | San Antonio |
| Mark Batten | Proskauer | Boston |
| Joseph Baumgarten | Proskauer | New York |
| Naomi G. Beer | Greenberg Traurig | Denver |
| Scott C. Beightol | Michael Best | Milwaukee |
| Lisa M. Bertain | Keesal Young | San Francisco |
| Charles S. Birenbaum | Greenberg Traurig | San Francisco |
| Elise M. Bloom | Proskauer | New York |
| Sarah Bouchard | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| James N. Boudreau | Greenberg Traurig | Philadelphia |
| Robert Brooks | Adler Pollock | Providence, R.I. |
| Paul W. Cane Jr. | Paul Hastings | San Francisco |
| Mark Casciari | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Terri Chase | Jones Day | New York |
| Apalla U. Chopra | O’Melveny | Los Angeles |
| Shauna Clark | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston |
| Joseph T. Clees | Ogletree Deakins | Phoenix |
| John J. Coleman III | Burr & Forman | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Karen Corman | Skadden | Los Angeles |
| Joseph J. Costello | Morgan Lewis | Philadelphia |
| M. Carter Crow | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston |
| Lisa J. Damon | Seyfarth Shaw | Boston |
| Mike Delikat | Orrick | New York |
| Dennis P. Duffy | BakerHostetler | Houston |
| Juan Enjamio | Hunton Andrews Kurth | Miami |
| Anne Marie Estevez | Morgan Lewis | Miami |
| Mark J. Foley | Drinker Biddle | Philadelphia |
| Adam S. Forman | Epstein Becker | Southfield, Mich. |
| Gary D. Friedman | Weil | New York |
| Michael J. Gray | Jones Day | Chicago |
| Elizabeth P. Hardy | Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton | Birmingham, Mich. |
| Gerald T. Hathaway | Drinker Biddle | New York |
| Lynne C. Hermle | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Patrick H. Hicks | Littler | Las Vegas |
| Stephen J. Hirschfeld | Hirschfeld Kraemer | San Francisco |
| Robert W. Horton | Bass Berry & Sims | Nashville |
| Maurice G. Jenkins | Jackson Lewis | Southfield, Mich. |
| Wendy Johnson Lario | Greenberg Traurig | Florham Park, N.J. |
| Jennifer P. Keller | Baker Donelson | Johnson City |
| Mark D. Kemple | Greenberg Traurig | Los Angeles |
| Tracey A. Kennedy | Sheppard Mullin | Los Angeles |
| F. Curt Kirschner Jr. | Jones Day | San Francisco |
| Jeffrey S. Klein | Weil | New York |
| Jeffrey Kohn | O’Melveny | New York |
| Matthew W. Lampe | Jones Day | New York |
| Paul Lancaster Adams | Ogletree Deakins | Philadelphia |
| Kevin B. Leblang | Kramer Levin | New York |
| Mark W. Lerner | Kasowitz | New York |
| Adam Levin | Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp | Los Angeles |
| Robert G. Lian Jr. | Akin Gump | Washington, D.C. |
| Joseph C. Liburt | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Fermin H. Llaguno | Littler | Irvine, Calif. |
| David Long-Daniels | Greenberg Traurig | Atlanta |
| Alison B. Marshall | Jones Day | Washington, D.C. |
| William C. Martucci | Shook | Washington, D.C. |
| Michele Maryott | Gibson Dunn | Irvine, Calif. |
| Terence McCourt | Greenberg Traurig | Boston |
| Matthew T. Miklave | Robinson+Cole | Stamford, Conn. |
| Marko J. Mrkonich | Littler | Minneapolis |
| Daniel L. Nash | Akin Gump | Washington, D.C. |
| Michael Patrick O’Brien | Jones Waldo | Salt Lake City |
| Camille A. Olson | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago |
| Anthony J. Oncidi | Proskauer | Los Angeles |
| William P. Perkins | Seyfarth Shaw | New York |
| Jessica Perry | Orrick | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Laura R. Petroff | Winston & Strawn | Los Angeles |
| Charles M. Poplstein | Thompson Coburn | St. Louis |
| Roger K. Quillen | Fisher & Phillips | Atlanta |
| Colleen M. Regan | Seyfarth Shaw | Los Angeles |
| D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell | Seattle |
| Michael Roche | Winston & Strawn | Chicago |
| Theodore O. Rogers Jr. | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York |
| Jeremy A. Roth | Littler | San Diego |
| Paul Salvatore | Proskauer | New York |
| Terry E. Sanchez | Munger Tolles | Los Angeles |
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson Dunn | Washington, D.C. |
| David Schwartz | Skadden | New York |
| Jason Schwartz | Gibson Dunn | Washington, D.C. |
| Jonathan A. Segal | Duane Morris | Philadelphia |
| Todd Shadle | Godwin Bowman | Dallas |
| Samuel S. Shaulson | Morgan Lewis | New York |
| Patrick W. Shea | Paul Hastings | New York |
| Dawn Siler-Nixon | FordHarrison | Tampa |
| Salvador Simao | FordHarrison | Berkeley Heights, N.J. |
| Grace E. Speights | Morgan Lewis | Washington |
| Jonathan Stoler | Sheppard Mullin | New York |
| Julianne Story | Husch Blackwell | Kansas City |
| Nigel F. Telman | Proskauer | Chicago |
| Joseph E. Tilson | Cozen O’Connor | Chicago |
| Joseph J. Torres | Winston & Strawn | Chicago |
| Julie Totten | Orrick | Sacramento |
| Jeff Weintraub | Fisher & Phillips | Memphis |
| Robert M. Wolff | Littler | Cleveland |
| Todd D. Wozniak | Greenberg Traurig | Atlanta |
