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After
spending eighteen years with a large and rapidly growing Dallas-based firm, including ten years as chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section,
Hershell L. Barnes, Jr. founded one of the southwest’s premier boutique law
firms. Barnes & Harrington, P.C. represents employers in all traditional
labor and employment law matters, and advises and defends clients during
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement and abatement actions. The firm
sets the highest of standards for client service and satisfaction. Every
lawyer and staff member ensures that this reputation has been and will
continue to be earned through the professional pyramid of (1) prompt and
superior work product, (2) regular and consistent client communication,
problem-avoidance counseling, and, where necessary, aggressive defense, and
(3) a client-favorable fee structure.
The business world belongs to companies ready to compete, willing to learn
new ways to enhance their productivity, committed to adapting quickly to
positive change, and determined to constantly challenge themselves, while
striving to avoid employee problems, union organization, OSHA complaints, or
other difficulties. Our firm shares that view and encourages proactive
preventative measures to avoid adversarial actions and litigation. If a
lawsuit can be avoided, if a company can maintain non-union status or
negotiate with its bargaining agent in a positive relationship, or if an
OSHA complaint can be avoided through proactive measures, it is a win-win
for all concerned. In that regard, the firm believes that constant
preventative training of management on how to avoid negative employee
relationships is of utmost importance. We understand, however, that some
opponents will never stop short of actual litigation. When that occurs,
Barnes & Harrington, P.C. will spare no effort to secure the most prompt,
cost-effective, and successful conclusion for those it represents.
We also recognize that employers must contain costs without compromising
quality in order to stay competitive in today’s marketplace. As a business
itself, the members of the firm embrace that fact. Consequently, the firm
has been structured to allow a reduction in overhead with increased
efficiency, providing the flexibility to allow our attorneys and
non-attorneys to continually reexamine how matters are staffed and billed
while demonstrating a clear understanding of each client’s unique business
needs.
Barnes & Harrington, P.C. reflects an uncompromising dedication to excellence and
client satisfaction that is exhibited in every legal matter it undertakes
and in every contact it makes, thereby setting a new standard in the
representation of management and employers.
We have the good fortune of representing a varied group of clients in
traditional labor, employment law litigation, and OSHA matters. Barnes
& Harrington, P.C. serves clients in the gas utility, transportation, aircraft engine
overhaul, food preparation, satellite communications, manufacturing,
construction, bottling industries as well as companies in other industries.
The firm’s client base includes a sizeable number of American Fortune 500
companies and internationally-based clients, including clients in the UK and
Europe.
We bring value to our clients by working with them to accomplish their
business objectives, achieving those goals through the professional pyramid.
We produce a prompt and superb work product, provide regular and consistent
problem-solving counseling, aggressive but professional litigation, and
provide a client-favorable fee structure. Our lawyers are trusted counselors
and creative thinkers. They always keep the goal of the client the primary
focus.
All attorneys and staff members of our firm share the most important
commitment of all – excellence for and service to our clients. We strive to
make Barnes & Harrington, P.C. an extraordinary firm where our lawyers and
staff enjoy working – a firm you will be pleased and proud to service your
needs relative to traditional labor, employment law, and OSHA.
Our dedication to teamwork, our readiness to adapt to meet the demands of
our clients’ situations, and our commitment to be the best are the standards
on which Barnes & Harrington, P.C. was founded and will continue to be
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