William Hartsfield
Shareholder, Director & Officer
Hamilton & Hartsfield, PC
Dallas, TX
Areas of Expertise
- Employment, Arbitration and Mediation
Biographical Information
- B.A., summa cum laude, Texas A & M University, 1973
- J.D., Harvard University, 1976
Work Experience
- Shareholder/Director, Hamilton & Hartsfield, P.C., 1994-present
- Shareholder/Director/Of Counsel, Miller, Hiersche, Martens & Hayward, 1988-93
- Corporate Counsel, TGI Friday's Inc., 1981-88
- Associate, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, 1977-81
- Briefing Attorney, Honorable Sam D. Johnson, Texas Supreme Court, 1976-77
- US Navy Reserve, Judge Advocate General Corps, 1973-76
Representative Memberships
- Past President, Dallas Area Labor and Employment Law Group
- Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution)
- Texas Bar Association (Litigation, Employment, Intellectual Property and ADR Sections)
- Dallas Bar Association (Employment, Franchise, School and ADR Sections)
- Past President, North Texas Chapter, Association of Attorney Mediators
- Faculty, Attorney Mediators Institute
- Texas Association of Mediators
- American Health Lawyers Association ADR Service (Mediation and Arbitration Panel)
- American Arbitration Association (Employment, Labor and Commercial Panels)
- FINRA (formerly NASD and NYSE) (Arbitration and Mediation Panels)
- Merrill Lynch Claim Resolution Process, Northwestern Univ. School of Law (Arbitration Panel)
- Mediation Panel of Arbitration Forum Arbitrator List of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
- Certified Hearing Examiner, Texas Education Agency
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority Trial Board Panel, Fiscal Year 2008-2010 term.
- Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
- Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable
- College of the State Bar of Texas, 1991 to date
- Dallas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Who's Who Legal, Texas 2008 (Arbitration)
Publications
- Investigating Employee Conduct
Representative Writings
- Emerging Law of Negligent Investigations, Dallas Bar Association, 2002
- "Mediation in Texas" Association of Attorney Mediators 1997
- "Suggestions for Investigating Employee Misconduct," The Practical Lawyer, March 1985, reprinted in Small Business Counselor, July 1985, and in The Practical Lawyer's Manual on Labor Law No. 2, 1988
- "Investigating Employee Wrongdoing in Texas," The Texas Bar Journal, September 1985
- "Polygraphs," CCH Labor Law Journal, November 1985, reprinted in the Defense Law Journal, April 1986
- "Medical Exams," CCH Labor Law Journal, October and November 1986, reprinted in the Defense Law Journal, April 1987.
- "Negligent Hiring," Texas Bar Journal, September 1987
Representative Engagements
- "Investigating Employees' Off Duty Conduct" New-to-In House Counsel Committee, Association of Corporate Counsel, April 15, 2009
- Expert, William Warinner, et al. v. North American Security Solutions, Inc., et al. Case No. 3:05-CV-00244-CRS-JDM, Daniel Winkle, et al. v. North American Security Solutions, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:05-CV-0245-CRS-JDM, and Thomas Adams, et al. v. North American Security Solutions, Inc., et al. Case No. 3:05-CV-00389-CRS-JDM (Analyze the conduct of Employer in connection with its retention of a third party contractor to conduct an undercover investigation of suspected employee violations of Employer's policies) (2007)
- "Arbitration Advocacy: Representing Your Client in Arbitration," American Arbitration Association, October 28, 2004
- "FLSA and Texas Wage and Hour Update 2004: Avoiding the Legal Landmines," Counsel on Education in Management, October 27, 2004
- "Best Practice in FMLA Administration," Council on Education, February 2004
- "Arbitration Advocacy for Attorneys on A Guide to Case Preparation & Presentation in Arbitration," American Arbitration Association, October 2002.
- "The Definitive Guide to Employment Law for HR Professionals in Texas," Council on Education, January 2002.
- "FMLA Update 2001," Council on Education, December 2001
Articles available upon request.
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