The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 Recognizes Two Bennett Law Firm Attorneys

Portland, ME (PRWEB) October 24, 2012

The Bennett Law Firm, P.A. is pleased to announce that two of the firm’s attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC).

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive per-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 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 is Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

This year, Best Lawyers has recognized Peter Bennett, in three separate areas of practice:

•     Employment Law – Management
•     Labor Law – Management
•     Litigation – Labor and Management

Peter Bennett, a Partner of the firm originally founded fifty years ago by his father, Herbert H. Bennett, is renowned as a leading labor and employment law attorney and has been awarded Best Lawyers in America ongoing since 2006. He is also a leader in the bar and currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Presidential Standing Committee on Judicial Independence.

Frederick B. Finberg, a Partner at The Bennett Law Firm, has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 in the practice area of Employment Law – Individuals. Attorney Finberg represents management clients throughout the Northeast in both state and federal court as well as before administrative agencies, including human rights commissions, EEOC, OSHA, state and federal wage and hour divisions and the National Labor Relations Board. This is the first time Attorney Finberg has been bestowed this honor.

About The Bennett Law Firm
The Bennett Law Firm provides highly specialized legal services to a broad New England wide client base in the areas of labor law, employment law, commercial litigation, civil litigation and alcohol licensing. The firm was founded fifty years ago by its namesake, Herbert H. Bennett, a well known and nationally prominent trial lawyer whose practice focused on representing management on issues of labor and employment law. The Bennett Law Firm offers experienced legal guidance in aggressively avoiding unionization and is also at the forefront in developing preventative policies and procedures, training, avoiding, and if necessary, resolving employment disputes (including alternative dispute resolution), negotiating collective bargaining agreements, arbitration and defending litigation arising from employment disputes.

The Bennett Law Firm is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.