Fisher & Phillips Partner John Beers Named to Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2010

Fisher & Phillips LLP announces John Beers has been named to the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2010.

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Fisher & Phillips Partner John Beers Named to Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2010

San Francisco (January 12, 2010) - Fisher & Phillips LLP announces John Beers has been named to the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2010. A partner in the firm's San Francisco office, Beers was listed for his employment litigation work on behalf of employers.

Attorneys are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics magazine.

Exclusively representing employers, Beers has successfully litigated hundreds of employment cases for numerous clients, including Fortune 500 companies. He has defended employers in jury trials against claims of wrongful discharge, whistleblowing, age discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and other claims. Beers has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer each of the past four years. He serves as an evaluator of employment cases in the Early Neutral Evaluation component of the ADR Program of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He is also a mediator for employment cases for the Northern District's ADR Program. Beers received his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (1976) and his B.A. from Stanford University (1973).

About Fisher & Phillips LLP (www.laborlawyers.com)

Fisher & Phillips LLP represents employers nationally in labor, employment, civil rights, employee benefits and immigration matters. The firm has more than 225 attorneys in 22 offices. Founded in 1943, it is one of the largest U.S. law firms to concentrate its practice exclusively upon representation of employers in labor and employment matters. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, New Jersey, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland ME, Portland OR, San Diego, San Francisco, and Tampa.

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