ORLANDO – Thomas C. Garwood, Jr., a partner with the national labor and employment law firm of Ford & Harrison LLP, has been named "Orlando Best Lawyers Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year" for 2010 by The Best Lawyers in America.
"I am honored to be selected as Orlando's "Lawyer of the Year" for 2010 by Best Lawyers," commented Thomas C. Garwood, Jr. "I deeply appreciate this recognition by my peers."
Tom excels in the counseling of business and management for successful strategies and effective solutions to deal with the legal challenges and problems encountered in the workplace. He also has extensive experience as a negotiator and advocate in labor law proceedings and as a trial attorney in employment litigation.
In recognition of his accomplishments, Tom was inducted as a Fellow in the National College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 1997. He is also admitted as an Associate in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Tom also serves in the following roles: General Counsel to Employers Association of Florida, Inc.; General Counsel to Orlando/Orange County Convention Visitors Bureau; General Counsel to Florida Labor/Management Conference; member: Academy of Florida Management Attorneys; member of Ford & Harrison LLP Executive Committee.
Tom received his JD from Stetson University College of Law in 1971.
About "Lawyer of the Year"
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities.
Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the "Lawyer of the Year" for 2010.
The lawyers being honored as "Lawyers of the Year" were selected because, during the past two surveys, they received particularly high ratings from most of their peers. In some cases, they also received particularly effusive comments from some of those same peers. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same specialties for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.
Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey and lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.