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By Brooks Igo
(July 29) – Three partners from Cantey Hanger recently announced the formation of Dowell Pham Harrison LLP, a Fort Worth-based law firm.
Founding partners Brad Dowell, Lu Pham and Caroline Harrison are joined by attorneys Antonio Allen, Jennifer Bley Sweeney and Lauren McDonald to comprise the largest law boutique in Fort Worth focusing on labor and employment matters.
Dowell said the “tight knit” group felt they could better serve their clients and expand their practice by “streamlining” and focusing on the labor and employment niche.
“It was a good opportunity to put our hands on the wheel,” said Dowell. “We have more control over our destiny.”
The founding partners have experience trying and arbitrating cases involving alleged violation of collective bargaining agreements, breach of distribution agreements, wrongful termination, alleged employment discrimination and retaliation, disputes with former employees and some personal injury matters.
Two areas of particular interest to the firm’s clients, Dowell said, are the recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage and the Fifth Circuit’s rulings on bad faith Department of Labor investigations.
For the latter, Dowell says the Fifth Circuit’s discussion has given employers more guidance on how to get your money back from the government in investigations gone badly.
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