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| | Address | | 15400 South Outer Forty, Suite 202 | | Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 | | (St. Louis Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 636-532-0300 | Fax: 636-532-0246
URL: http://www.hdfhlaw.com | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.hdfh.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Harris Dowell Fisher & Harris, L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Labor Relations (including the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining, union contract negotiations, labor arbitration, labor strikes, countering union organization campaigns, union elections). Equal employment opportunity law and employment discrimination (including age discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, affirmative action, employment disability discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act). Employment law and litigation (including employment contracts, employment at will, employee discipline, wrongful termination, personnel policies, personnel training, employee leasing, employee drug testing, covenants not to compete, occupational safety and health, employee benefits, ERISA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and wage and hour law). Alternative Dispute Resolution (including employment arbitration and employment mediation). | | Year Established: 1979 | Firm Profile:
Representing management clients exclusively in all aspects of labor and employment law. The firm serves a wide variety of small and large local, national and international employers, in virtually every sector of the economy, including the public sector. | | Firm Size: 8 | Representative Clients:
American Family Mutual Insurance Co.; Aurora Technologies, Inc.; Boemler Chevrolet; Century Brass Works, Inc.; City of Chesterfield, Missouri; CPC Logistics; Edward Jones; Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.; F&C Truck Sales and Service; French Gerleman; Frost Electric; Gateway Insurance Co.; General Dynamics; Kaplan Lumber; Mattingly Lumber; Missouri Concrete Products; PepsiAmericas; Reliv International; S.M. Wilson & Co.; Seven-Up Bottling Co. of St. Louis; Shapiro Sales Company; Simpson Materials; Soft Surroundings; St. Louis Science Center; Staffing Solutions; Stockell Consulting; Suntrup Auto Group; SYSCO Food Services; True Manufacturing Co.; Turner Electric Co.; Universal Air Filter Company; City of Webster Groves, Missouri; Wehrenberg Circuit of Theatres, Inc. | | —————————— | | John O. Harris (Member) (1926-2008). | | John H. Dowell (Member) born Saint Louis, Missouri, July 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Eighth Circuits. Education: Washington University (A.B., 1964); University of Missouri (J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1981-1982); The Missouri Bar (Member, 1969— and Vice-Chairman, 1981-1982, Labor Law Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law; Employee Leasing. Email: John H. Dowell | | Ronald K. Fisher (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Missouri; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Central District of Illinois; Certified Mediator, United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1964); Washington University (J.D., 1967). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of The Coif. Associate Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1966-1967. Adjunct Professor, Washington University, Olin School of Business, 2000—. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Labor Law Section); The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee, 1971—); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Labor Arbitration. Email: Ronald K. Fisher | | Michael F. Harris (Member) born Saint Louis, Missouri, August 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Missouri; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri and Southern District of Illinois. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., cum laude, Accounting, 1980); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Woolsack. Assistant Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1982-1983. Certified Public Accountant, Missouri, 1983. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Labor Law Section); The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee, 1985); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employee Benefits; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Employment Law; Multi-Employer Benefits; Taft-Hartley Plans; Occupational Safety and Health. Email: Michael F. Harris | | Diana Richards Francis (Member) born Long Beach, California, November 23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1977, District of Columbia; 1999, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Southern District of Illinois and District of Columbia. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1966); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1977). Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Labor and Employment Law Section); The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1977—); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Labor Arbitration; Management Labor Law; Management Employment Law. Email: Diana Richards Francis | | Fred A. Ricks, Jr. (Member) born Sterling, Colorado, March 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with honors, 1973); University of Missouri at Columbia (J.D., 1981). Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employee Benefits Litigation; ERISA. Email: Fred A. Ricks, Jr. | | George L. Lenard (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, December 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1986, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Beloit College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Indiana Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author, "Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment," 75 Ill. BJ. 1430, 1987; "Recent Developments in Sexual Harassment Law," 56 J. Mo. Bar, 2000. Certified Neutral, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Employment Disability Discrimination; Sexual Harassment. Email: George L. Lenard | | —————————— | | Elizabeth Anne Rice (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri; 2000, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1996); Washington University (J.D., 1999). Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law, 1997-1999, Associate Editor. Author: "Gebser v. Lago Vista School District," 55 Wash. U J URB & Contemp L. 351 (Winter 1999); "Retaliation Claims: The Disappearance of Temporal Proximity," 16 Missouri Lawyers Weekly 524 (May 20, 2002). Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Management Employment Law. Email: Elizabeth Anne Rice |
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