Douglas H. Barton, Partner
Practice Areas/Industries
Labor & Employment
Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5011 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
dbarton@hansonbridgett.com
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Douglas H. Barton concluded in 2002 a five-year term as the firm's managing partner. He has since been practicing full-time in the firm's Labor and Employment Section. Before joining Hanson Bridgett, he served as a field attorney with the NLRB and was chief labor counsel for Stanford University and Stanford Medical Center. He has extensive experience in labor negotiations, arbitrations, NLRB and PERB proceedings, employment litigation, EEO agency proceedings, policy development, and strategic planning. He frequently advises clients concerning labor and employment law issues in mergers and acquisitions. Doug has extensive trial and appellate experience. His recent experience includes cases raising issues of claimed invasion of privacy, disability, gender and race discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, civil rights violations and retaliation. He has over 30 years of experience representing employers in the public and private sectors.
Doug taught a clinical seminar in labor arbitration at Stanford Law School between 1981 and 1985. He served a two-year term as Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. For the past 10 years, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers In America, a publication which seeks to recognize through a peer review process the top two percent of the legal profession.
Professional Affiliations
Bar Association of San Francisco (Labor and Employment Law Section)
American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section (1979-present), Developing Labor Law Committee)
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, 2009 edition, San Francisco Business Times (Feb. 17, 2009)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Northern California SuperLawyers, San Francisco Magazine (2004–2009)
Best Lawyers in America (2007 and for the past 10 years)
Education
LL.B., Stanford University (1968)
A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University (1965)