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Two Richmond-Based FordHarrison Attorneys Listed in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America and One Listed in Ones To Watch

Date   Aug 21, 2025

RICHMOND - FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that two attorneys in the firm’s Richmond office were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America and one was selected as Ones to Watch. The list includes attorneys recognized in the following specialties: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor and Employment.

The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2026 Best Lawyers in America is:

Karen S. Elliott
Jay R. Fries

The FordHarrison attorney elected for 2026 Ones to Watch are:

Victoria L. Creta

About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 52,000 leading attorneys cast over 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, 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 called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

RICHMOND - FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that two attorney in the firm’s Richmond office was selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America and one was selected as Ones to Watch. The list includes attorneys recognized in the following specialties: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor and Employment.

The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2026 Best Lawyers in America is:

Karen S. Elliott
Jay R. Fries

The FordHarrison attorney elected for 2026 Ones to Watch are:

Victoria L. Creta

About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 52,000 leading attorneys cast over 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, 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 called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”