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A. Neal Barkus

Education

  • J.D. Washington & Lee
    B.A. University of Virginia

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia


A. Neal Barkus
Member

A. Neal Barkus
Member

Neal Barkus focuses his practice on advising business management on employment issues, including employment discrimination, trade secrets and employee competition issues, union avoidance strategy and training, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, and executive retention, dismissal and compensation. He litigates employment disputes in all courts and administrative agencies, and is also experienced in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution methods.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented employer in suit against a labor union for unlawful picketing and conduct at a power plant
  • Defended discrimination suits under federal and state laws in the telecommunications, retail, publishing, printing, electric utility, banking, hotel and mining equipment industries
  • Defended employer in a Maryland OSHA case involving a bridge collapse
  • Obtained a TRO in a suit to enforce a non-compete agreement on behalf of a software company
  • Defended employer in a request for a TRO in a trade secret and breach of loyalty case against employees in the political consulting industry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2010
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 2008-2010
    A. Neal Barkus, PLLC
  • 1975-2008
    Hunton & Williams LLP
  • 1974-1975
    U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation and Labor & Employment Law
  • Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
  • Hunton & Williams Pro Bono Publico Award 1998
  • E. Randolph Williams Award 1996-2004
  • Order of the Coif, Washington & Lee University
  • The Best Lawyers in America®

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • President, Friends Of Music, Inc., Shepherdstown, West Virginia
  • Past Chair, United Way of District of Columbia
  • Past Chief Volunteer Officer, United Way National Capital Area