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Mr. Chadwick is a shareholder with the law firm of Campbell & Chadwick, P.C. His areas of practice are labor and employment, occupational safety and health, employee benefits and selected contract and tort litigation. He has 25 years of experience providing counsel for employment decisions and policies, drafting policies and agreements, representing clients in contract and settlement negotiations and representing clients in proceedings before arbitrators, administrative agencies, federal and state trial courts and federal and state appellate courts.
Before joining Campbell & Chadwick in 2005, Mr. Chadwick practiced with the firms of Chadwick, Taylor & Eisenbraun in
Addison, Texas; Gardere & Wynne (now Gardere, Wynne & Sewell) in Dallas, Texas; and Elarbee, Thompson & Trapnell (now Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson) in
Atlanta, Georgia .
Mr. Chadwick was profiled as a Texas Super Lawyer in the November 2003 edition of Texas Monthly. He was also featured in a 1998 article in the National Law Journal entitled "10 Innovative Tort Claims."
Mr. Chadwick's practice is national in scope; he has appeared in judicial and administrative forums in Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. His defense experience includes individual claims as well as collective and class actions.
He has received an AV Peer Review Rating. (An AV rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating. [http://martindale.com/ratings_explanation])
Community Involvement:
Addison
Rotary Foundation, Board of Directors
Addison
Rotary Club (Community Service Director)
Selected Achievements:
Case determinative sanction in sexual harassment case (2008)
Favorable summary judgment in FMLA and
ADA case (2008) Successful appeal in probate case of first impression.
In re Estate of Sarah Boren, 268 S.W.3d 841 (Tex.App.
Texarkana , 2008, pet denied)
Represented management team consisting of 16 officers and managers in $330 million acquisition by a publicly traded company (2007)
Case determinative sanction and sanctions award of $114,777.50 (collected in full) for frivolous lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duties. (With Bruce Campbell) Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Chesnutt, 225 S.W.3d 737 (Tex.App. - Dallas 2007, pet denied).
Successfully represented security company in audit by the Department of Labor regarding overtime pay for 50 security guards (2007).
Successfully represented national construction company in resolving discrimination complaint filed by a terminated employee with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (2007).
Dismissal with prejudice of ERISA claim brought against non-profit employer with more than 17,000 employees (2006).
Favorable jury verdict in Oklahoma collective action seeking overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Milburn, et al. v. Earth Grains Baking Companies, Inc., 2001 WL 34031367 (W.D. Okla. Feb. 26, 2001)
Landmark jury verdict and appeal defining the legal responsibilities of clergy for malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. See Sanders v. Baucum , 929 F.Supp. 1028 (N.D.Tex. 1996), aff'd, 134 F.3d 331 (5 th Cir. 1998), cert. denied , 525 U.S. 868 (1998).
Administrative Practice:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Texas Workforce Commission
- Shareholder
- Labor and Employment: All Subspecialties
- Occupational Safety & Health: OSHA
- Employee Benefits: ERISA Litigation
- Class Actions: Class Action Defense
- Appellate Practice: Civil Appeals
- Litigation: Civil Litigation/U.S. Supreme Court Litigation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1990 - Present)
- Texas
- Georgia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1984
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Emory University, 1981
- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)
- Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Theta (Vice President)
- Ghosts Of 1866: U.S. Supreme Court Confirms Breadth Of Anti-Retaliation Laws Yet Again!, PLUS Journal, July, 2008
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- Fiduciary Liability: Beware! It's Open Season on ERISA Fiduciaries, Insurance Journal, May 5, 2008
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- The Impending "Sea Change" in Deferred Compensation, PLUS Journal, August, 2007
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- Are the Flood Gates Open for Retaliation Claims?, Plus Journal, October, 2006
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- The Occupational Safety & Health Act, Findlaw.com, January, 2000
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- ERISA Preemption's Use to Cut Worker's Compensation Costs (Co-Author), Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1992
- In re Estate of Sarah Boren, 268 S.W.3d 841
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- Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Chesnutt, 225 S.W.3d 737
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- Milburn, et al. v. Earth Grains Baking Companies, Inc., 2001 WL 34031367
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- Sanders v. Baucum, 929 F.Supp. 1028
- ERISA Fiduciary Liability, Professional Lines Attorney Network,
May 7, 2009
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- Overview of Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law, Monitor Liability Managers,
April 8, 2009
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April 9, 2009
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- Moderator, Liability and Impact on Underwriting of Subprime/Credit Crisis, Professional Liability Underwriters Society,
January 29, 2009
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- Employment Practices Liability Issues, Union Standard Insurance Group & Monitor Liability Managers, Inc.,
October 30, 2008
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- Moderator, Liability and Impact on Underwriting of Subprime/Credit Crisis, Professional Liability Underwriters Society,
September 25, 2008
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- Wage & Hour Claims: Hot Topics in 2008, Dallas Association of Insurance Professionals,
September 11, 2008
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- Are You an ERISA Fiduciary & Do You Understand What You Have Gotten Yourself Into?, AIG/APEX Seminar,
October 5, 2007
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- Wage & Hour Claims: A Practical Guide to Claim Resolution, National Business Institute,
November 3, 2006
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- Prevent Human Resource Claims, National Business Institute,
February 9, 2006
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- Texas Wage & Hour Update, National Business Institute,
June 15, 2004
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July 16, 2004
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- Internal Investigation of Employment Issues in Texas, Lorman Education Services,
May 13, 2002
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April 14, 2002
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- Selecting and Terminating Employees in Texas, National Business Institute,
December 13, 2001
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- Family & Medical Leave Act in Texas, Lorman Education Services,
December 13, 2000
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- Unemployment Compensation and the Texas Payday Law, Lorman Education Services,
June 9, 2000
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- Avoiding OSHA Citations & Liabilities in Texas, Lorman Education Services,
March 2, 2000
- Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly (2003)
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- 10 Innovative Tort Claims, National Law Journal (1998)
- American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section; Equal Employment Opportunity Committee; Employee Benefits Committee)
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- State Bar of Texas (Labor & Employment Law Section)
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- Dallas Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section)
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- Professional Liability Underwriters Society (Steering Committee Chairman, Texas Chapter)
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- Southwest Benefits Association
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- Texas Association of Business (Labor Law Committee)
- 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan
Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
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