| 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 the firm 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." He is currently working as a Chapter Monitor for the Third Cumulative Supplement to Employment Discrimination Law, Fourth Edition, an acclaimed two-volume treatise authored by the American Bar Association and published by the Bureau of National Affairs. 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, North Carolina, 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 (Former Community Service Director)
Selected Achievements: Summary judgment in favor of law firm employer in Houston state court in age discrimination case. (2010) 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
Current Employment Position:
Shareholder
Areas Of Practice:
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
Bar Admissions:
Texas
Georgia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
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 Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
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)
Published Works:
"Ghosts Of 1866: U.S. Supreme Court Confirms Breadth Of Anti-Retaliation Laws Yet Again!" by Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. Published in PLUS Journal, July 2008.
"Beware! It's Open Season On ERISA Fiduciaries" by Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. Published in the Insurance Journal, May 5, 2008.
"The Impending 'Sea Change' in Deferred Compensation" by Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. and Bruce A. Campbell. PLUS Journal, August 2007. Also reprinted by PLUS as a PDF.
"Are the Flood Gates Open for Retaliation Claims?" Plus Journal, October, 2006
The Occupational Safety & Health Act, Findlaw.com, January, 2000
"ERISA Preemption's Use to Cut Worker's Compensation Costs," (Co-Author), Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1992
Classes/Seminars Taught: Speaker, Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law That Affect Frontline Leadership, Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and Education ("TSHHRAE")(Brenham, Texas: April 18, 2010) Speaker, Prevailing Wage Law in Texas, Lorman Education Services (Dallas, Texas: February 23, 2010) Panelist, The (Un)Employment Claim Train: How the Economy is Driving Ever Increasing Employment Claims, Professional Liability Underwriters Society (Dallas, Texas Sept. 23, 2009) Speaker, ERISA Fiduciary Liability, Professional Lines Attorney Network (Hartford, Conn. May 7, 2009) Speaker, Overview of Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law, Monitor Liability Managers (Houston, Texas, April 8-9, 2009; Dallas, Texas, October 15, 2009) Moderator, Liability and Impact on Underwriting of Subprime/Credit Crisis, Professional Liability Underwriters Society (Dallas, Texas: Sept. 25, 2008; Houston, Texas: January 29, 2009) Speaker, Employment Practices Liability Issues, Union Standard Insurance Group & Monitor Liability Managers, Inc. (Irving, Texas: October 30, 2008) Speaker, Wage & Hour Claims: Hot Topics in 2008, Dallas Association of Insurance Professionals (Richardson, Texas: Sept. 11, 2008) Speaker, Are You an ERISA Fiduciary & Do You Understand What You Have Gotten Yourself Into?, AIG/APEX Seminar (Dallas, Texas: Oct. 5, 2007) Speaker, Wage & Hour Claims: A Practical Guide to Claim Resolution, National Business Institute (Dallas, Texas: Nov. 3, 2006) Speaker, Emerging Issues for Directors and Officers, Philadelphia Insurance Companies (Dallas, Texas: April 27, 2006) Speaker, Prevent Human Resource Claims, National Business Institute (Dallas, Texas: Feb. 9, 2006) Honors and Awards:
"Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly (2003)
"10 Innovative Tort Claims," National Law Journal (1998)
Professional Associations and Memberships: American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section; Equal Employment Opportunity Committee; Employee Benefits Committee) State Bar of Texas (Labor & Employment Law Section) Dallas Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section) Professional Liability Underwriters Society (Steering Committee Member and Immediate Past Chair, Texas Chapter) Southwest Benefits Association Texas Association of Business (Labor Law Committee) | 
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VIDEO: John Criswell Interview With Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. For The Texas Business Update