By Tom Lo

Akerman has hired four new partners in Atlanta, Georgia including two litigators.

Anthony Morris joins the firm’s litigation practice group as a partner from Dentons. Morris focuses on business litigation alongside professional ethics and entertainment.

Erica Mason joins the firm as a partner in the labour and employment practice group from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete. Mason routinely defends employment claims before state and federal courts.

The firm also hired labor and employment partners Sul Kim and Peter Spanos from Constangy Brooks and Barnes & Thornburg respectively.

The hires continues the firm’s expansion in Atlanta increasing the number of hires to 11 in 10 months since the Atlanta office opened.