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Harris Chiang, Barbara L. - Partner
Legal Experience
Employment Litigation - Litigates all aspects of claims related to
employment litigation including employment discrimination, sexual
harassment, employment tort claims, contract claims, Americans with
Disabilities Act, wage
and hour laws, arbitrations, mediations, and
administrative hearings.
Business Litigation - Litigates claims related to breach of contract, contractual interference, director and officer liability, trade secrets, unfair competition, and unfair trade practices.
Education
J.D. 1997 University of the Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
B.S. 1991 Missouri State University (f.k.a. Southwest Missouri State University), Springfield, Missouri.
Barbara Harris Chiang is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in California in (2000) and in Missouri (1997).
Memberships, Achievements & Publications
Barbara L. Harris Chiang, newly elected partner in Dillingham & Murphy, LLP, was recently elected as 2009 President of the Queen’s Bench Bar Association. Queen's Bench was formed in 1921 by a group of women lawyers frustrated by the resistance of male lawyers to their participation in the local bar association. Queen’s Bench advances the interests of women in law and society, and plays an integral part in furthering the progress of women in the legal profession. It is a non-profit voluntary membership organization made up of attorneys, judges and law students.
Queen’s Bench, President (2009), First Vice President (2008), Second Vice President (2007), Secretary (2006), Assistant Secretary/Treasurer (2005), Director-At-Large (2004), co-chair Business Development Committee (2002 – 2004).
Speaker Lorman Education Services (2004-2007), At-Will Employment, Sexual Harassment, Lawful Terminations.