James Francis Francis Barna

Background

Barna, James Francis was born on May 4, 1969 in Brentwood, New York, United States. Son of Thomas John and Ellen Veronica (Byrne) Barna.

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook (Bachelor of Arts, 1992). Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1996).

Career

Worked at Ford & Harrison LLP (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Labor Relations, Equal Employment, Wage and Hour, Airline Labor Law, OSHA, Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits and Immigration Law. Admitted to the bar, 1996, Tennessee. Phi Delta Phi. Articles Editor, Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law.

Listed in: Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1995-1996. Author: "Keeping the Boss at Bay-Post-Termination Retaliation Under Title VII: Charlton v. Paramus Board of Education 25 F.3d 194, 3d Cir.

1994," 47 Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 259, 1995. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office).

Ford & Harrison LLP represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law including National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act, Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964, amended 1991), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We also represent our clients in grievance and arbitration cases, negotiation of contract disputes, union election cases, unfair labor practice proceedings, employment litigation and administrative proceedings, unfair competition and trade-secret disputes, pension and benefit plan design, environmental law matters and business immigration.

Membership

Researcher Southern Justice Institute, Durham, North Carolina, 1992. Sergeant United States Army Reserve, 1990-1993. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi, Society for Human Resource Management.

Interests

• Fly fishing, camping, cooking.

Connections

Married Jennifer Baggett, August 22, 1992. Children: Helen Veronica, James Nicholas.

Father:

Thomas John Barna

Mother:

Ellen Veronica (Byrne) Barna

Spouse:

Jennifer Baggett

child:

James Nicholas Barna

child:

Helen Veronica Barna