Hannesson Murphy is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis office and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Department.
Mr. Murphy has extensive experience counseling and advising employers in all aspects of managing the employment relationship with their workforce, including:
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the crafting of employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements;
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the creation and maintenance of effective policies and procedures to govern the workplace;
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counseling employers with respect to disciplining and terminating employees;
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counseling employers with respect to reductions in force and ensuring that group terminations comply with the requirements of federal statutes and regulations;
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defending employers against all manner of contract, discrimination, harassment and wrongful discharge claims that could be asserted against them.
Mr. Murphy has obtained successful results for employers in a wide variety of legal matters, including claims involving breach of contract, defamation, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful discharge, among others. He has defended employers in connection with privately-negotiated settlements, arbitration proceedings and hearings, administrative proceedings, class and collective actions, and every manner of litigated claims in state and federal courts across the country, from the filing of a claim through trial and on appeal.
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