Michael F. Harris

Background

Harris, Michael F. was born on August 16, 1958 in St. Louis. Son of John O. and Doris J. (Crowell) Harris.

Education

Arizona State University (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, Accounting, 1980). St. Louis University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983).

Career

Worked at Harris, Dowell, Fisher & Harris, L.C. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Missouri. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of Woolsack.

Assistant Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1982-1983. Certified Public Accountant, Missouri, 1983. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Section on Labor Law).

The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee, 1985). American Bar Association (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law). Harris, Dowell, Fisher & Harris, L.C. represent management clients exclusively in all types of matters involving labor law and the employment relationship.

All members of the firm are seasoned in traditional labor relations (including collective bargaining, arbitration, countering union organizing campaigns and staying union-free) and in advising and litigating equal employment opportunity and disability law, occupational safety and health, wage and hour, government contractor requirements, wrongful discharge, employee benefits, ERISA, individual employment rights and other issues involving the employment relationship. The firm's members serve a wide variety of small and large local, national and international enterprises, maintaining an especially strong presence throughout the Midwest. It represents both unionized and non-union clients in the manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, distribution, broadcasting, construction, financial, insurance, labor leasing, and health services industries, among others, before all state and federal regulatory agencies and courts.

Achievements

• Bar: Missouri 1983, United States District Court (eastern district) Missouri 1984, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 1984. Certified Public Accountant, Missouri.

Membership

Member, Order of Woolsack. Assistant Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1982-1983. Certified Public Accountant, Missouri, 1983.

Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Section on Labor Law). The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee, 1985). American Bar Association (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law).

Connections

Married Annette M. Edwards, October 20,1984. Children: Kristin, Andrea, Mitchell, Jack.

Father:

John O. Harris

Mother:

Doris J. (Crowell) Harris

Spouse:

Annette M. Edwards

child:

Mitchell Harris

child:

Jack Harris

child:

Andrea Harris

child:

Kristin Harris