ATLANTA - Ford & Harrison LLP is pleased to announce that two attorneys will be recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, the country's original and most well-respected lawyer-rating directory. The extraordinary accomplishments of John-Edward Alley and Arnold E. Perl will be honored during the publication's 25th Anniversary Event in Atlanta, Georgia, April 23-25, 2009. The Event will be celebrating the distinguished careers of the 1,397 lawyers who have been listed in the publication since it began rating lawyers in 1983. All proceeds generated by the event will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
"We are delighted that both John-Edward and Arnold have been named to Best Lawyers for the past 25 years," said C. Lash Harrison, Ford & Harrison's firm managing partner. "The continual recognition of these two individuals is symbolic of Ford & Harrison's commitment to providing each client with legal services of the highest quality."
John-Edward Alley represents employers exclusively throughout the United States in state and federal labor relations and employment law matters, including union avoidance, union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations, alleged unfair labor practices, strikes, EEO, administrative and court proceedings, including class actions, wage and hour law, including collective actions, OSHA, OFCCP and defense of wrongful termination claims. He is certified by The Florida Bar as a Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer. John-Edward is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Law and the New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Labor Law).
Arnold Perl has over thirty years of experience practicing labor and employment law. He focuses his practice on labor law and serving as a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator. He has a wide breadth of experience with the NLRB and was one of only 25 management labor attorneys appointed to serve on the NLRB Advisory Panel under then Chairman William Gould. Arnold has received countless honors and awards and serves on several prominent Memphis area boards including as Chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. In 2006, Arnold co-authored a book, Simple Solutions, with FedEx's Tom Schmitt, which offers expert business and leadership guidance. Arnold is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law.
"We are so pleased to honor John-Edward Alley and Arnold Perl as two of the lawyers who have been with us from the start," says Steven Naifeh, President and founder of Best Lawyers. Naifeh is a Harvard Law School graduate as well as a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author. "And, I'm especially appreciative that Arnold is serving as the chairman of the Lawyers Committee at the anniversary event in Atlanta.