After 40 years leading FordHarrison, C. Lash Harrison is stepping down as managing partner. Over that time FordHarrison has grown from 14 lawyers in Atlanta to become a national labor and employment firm with almost 200 lawyers in 28 offices, including three affiliate firms.

The firm has elected Orlando, Florida-based Allen McKenna as Harrison’s successor. McKenna has been a member of the firm’s executive committee for the last three years and heads its health care practice.