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26 August 2025

Two Richmond-Based FordHarrison Attorneys Listed In The 2026 Best Lawyers In America And One Listed In Ones To Watch

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Ford & Harrison LLP

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FordHarrison is a labor and employment firm with attorneys in 29 offices, including two affiliate firms. The firm has built a national legal practice as one of the nation's leading defense firms with an exclusive focus on labor law, employment law, litigation, business immigration, employee benefits and executive compensation.
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...
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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."

Contributor

FordHarrison is a labor and employment firm with attorneys in 29 offices, including two affiliate firms. The firm has built a national legal practice as one of the nation's leading defense firms with an exclusive focus on labor law, employment law, litigation, business immigration, employee benefits and executive compensation.

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