Fisher Phillips Attorneys Named Among the Best Lawyers in America® for 2025
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8.15.24
Fisher Phillips, an international labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the inclusion of 149 attorneys in the 2025 Best Lawyers in America® list, the guide’s 31stedition.
The Best Lawyers rankings are determined entirely through peer review, from nomination through selection, and listed lawyers are evaluated for their talent and skill in the legal industry.
This year’s list of Fisher Phillips attorneys includes 11 newly listed lawyers, which is a 6% increase over last year. Of the firm’s listed lawyers, six have earned the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designation, honoring a single outstanding lawyer in each practice and geographic area. A full list of the 2025 Fisher Phillips “Lawyers of the Year” includes:
Steven Bernstein – Trade Secrets Law (Tampa)
Michael D. Carrouth – Labor Law – Management (Columbia, SC)
Edward Harold—Labor Law – Management (New Orleans)
James R. Holland II – Labor Law – Management (Kansas City)
Fred Manning – Litigation – ERISA (Columbia, SC)
J.Hagood Tighe – Litigation – Labor and Employment (Columbia, SC)
Additionally, 79 of the firm’s lawyers were recognized by Best Lawyers as “Ones to Watch.” These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in America. Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch" recipients typically have been in practice for under 10 years.
To see Fisher Phillips’ full results, visit the firm’s Best Lawyers profile here.
About Best Lawyers (www.bestlawyers.com)
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 leading lawyers globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, 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."
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Related People
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- Steven M. Bernstein
- Regional Managing Partner and Labor Relations Group Co-Chair
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- Michael D. Carrouth
- Partner
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- Edward F. Harold
- Regional Managing Partner
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- James R. Holland, II
- Regional Managing Partner
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- C. F. W. Manning, II
- Partner
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- J. Hagood Tighe
- Partner