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Hershell
Barnes is the senior shareholder of Barnes & Harrington, P.C. His principal area of practice includes employment and traditional labor
law. He has thirty-five years of experience representing local, national,
and international businesses in labor-related matters. He also routinely
represents employers in union election campaigns, negotiation of collective
bargaining agreements, unfair labor practices,
strikes, and picketing. A native of Dublin, Texas, Hershell graduated
with honors from Texas Tech University in 1967, and earned his law degree
with honors from Texas Tech University in 1970. Hershell has been board
certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a labor and
employment law specialist since 1975. He works, writes, and speaks
widely for employers and industry groups regarding labor and employment law,
emphasizing proactive employment practices geared toward avoiding union
organization, meeting the positive employee treatment goals of the
contemporary employer, and, where necessary, dealing with labor unions to
ensure, to the extent possible, that the local or international union is not
an impediment to business goals and objectives. He also represents
employers in litigation in areas such as sexual harassment, compliance with
the anti-discrimination in employment statutes, and wage hour matters.
Additionally, Hershell works closely with clients who prefer arbitration,
mediation, and other means of litigation avoidance to achieve those goals in
an effective and cost-efficient manner. For almost twenty years, Hershell has moderated the "Personnel Law Update" sponsored by the Council on Education in Management conducted within Texas in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Lubbock, and Austin and also serves as a frequent speaker for the group. He has served as the moderator and speaker for numerous employer seminars sponsored by the Dallas, Fort Worth, and The Woodlands (Houston, Texas) Chambers of Commerce. Hershell also has taught Labor Policy and Procedure as an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management. He is a past member of the Council on Labor and Employment Law for the State Bar of Texas and the Council on Labor and Employment Law for the Dallas Area Employment Law Group. He remains very active in various Labor and Employment Law Sections of the American Bar Association. Each year since 1987, Hershell has been named in Woodward/White, Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America as well as being listed in D Magazine in 1999 as one of the “Best Labor Lawyers in Dallas.” Hershell has also been selected as a “Texas Super Lawyer” by TEXAS MONTHLY and Law and Politics Media, Inc. every year since 2003, and The Chambers USA 2006 Client’s Guide recognized Hershell for his practice in the areas of labor and employment law. In 2004, Hershell was elected to the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Business. He has also served as President of the Texas Tech School of Law Foundation and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. |
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