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Ford & Harrison's Mike Maslanka Named Top 100 Lawyer in Texas

Date   Sep 26, 2006
Ford & Harrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, is pleased to announce that Michael P. Maslanka has been named one of the 2006 Top 100 lawyers in the state of Texas and one of the Top 100 lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth by Texas Super Lawyers magazine.

DALLAS – Ford & Harrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, is pleased to announce that Michael P. Maslanka has been named one of the 2006 Top 100 lawyers in the state of Texas and one of the Top 100 lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth by Texas Super Lawyers magazine. Attorneys are selected exclusively through peer voting and the voting process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in each state or region are named “Super Lawyers.”

Mr. Maslanka is the Managing Partner of the Dallas office of Ford & Harrison and has more than 20 years of experience in litigation and trial of employment law cases, including defending several multi-party cases under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1991. He has served as Adjunct Counsel to a Fortune 10 company where he provided multi-state counseling on employment matters. He has also served as a Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board.

He is listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He was selected as a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine in 2003. He was also selected as one of the best lawyers in Dallas by “D” Magazine in 2003. Mr. Maslanka is also AV® Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He serves on the Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Section, of the Dallas Bar Association and on the Planning Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the State Bar of Texas. He is a Barrister for the Inns of Court.

He has served as the Chief Author and Editor of the Texas Employment Law Letter since 1990 and also authors the “Work Matters” column for Texas Lawyer. He received his law degree from Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1981) and his undergraduate degree from Cornell University (B.S., 1978).