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Practice Areas: Trial Practice, Civil Litigation, Collective Bargaining, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Wage & Hour, Executive Compensation

Additional Information:

Arch Stokes

Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Union Internationale des Avocats; International Society of Hospitality Consultants; American Hotel & Lodging Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Mr. Stokes has been practicing law for 43 years and has tried lawsuits in 30 states and countries for small, large, national, international corporations, individual executives. He has participated in 200 mergers and acquisitions. Unique among defense counsel, he has won multi-million-dollar judgments for plaintiffs, executives, employees. Member: USMCR(1968-76), ABA, ISHC, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Who's Who, AV Martindale, Preeminent Lawyers, Best Lawyers, UNLV Harrah Advisory Board, UMC, Lake Junaluska Board, ODK, US Civil Rights Commission (Ga Bd), UMC, AAJ, ISHC, etc.

For 4 decades, Arch has led hospitality, foodservice, health care, companies to create cultures that produce higher profits, a better workplace, and increased customer loyalty. His passion, optimism and legal training help manage crises by guiding employers through change or disputes. He has spoken to thousands about leadership, trials, and preventive law. He invented Lawdit, a complete legal compliance checkup. Arch helps clients recognize their relationship with employees is the architecture of premium brands.
Biography: Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1969-1970. Editor-in-Chief and Member, Editorial Board, The Atlanta Lawyer, 1975-1978. Author: The Wage and Hour Handbook for Hotels, Restaurants and Institutions, 1978; The Equal Opportunity Handbook for Hotels, Restaurants and Institutions, 1979; The Collective Bargaining Handbook for Hotels, Restaurants and Institutions, 1981. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Georgia, 1970. Member: Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; IIQUEST; Confr�rie de la Cha�ne des R�tisseurs; Emory University Board of Visitors; Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration and Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Industry Board at Georgia State University; The American Society of Association Executives; Who's Who in American Law. Founding Member, William F. Harrah Hotel College Advisory Board, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Past Member, Emory University Board of Visitors. Distinguished Lecturer and Speaker: Cornell University; Johnson & Wales University; University of Houston; Georgia State University; Auburn University; as General Counsel, Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association. Recipient, Hal Holbrook Award from The International Platform Association, Washington, D.C.

Military: Captain, Judge Advocate, and Military Judge, USMCR, 1971-1973

Languages: French