practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
Ranked, National Tier 1: Labor Law - Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
honors + affiliations
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2011)
Assistant Editor, International Foundation's Legal-Legislative Reporter
Assistant Editor, Washington Update
bar admissions
- District of Columbia
- Washington, D.C.
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1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
Phone: 202.739.5105
Fax: 202.739.3001
Harry W. Burton is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Burton’s practice has involved advising employers and employee benefit plans regarding all areas of benefit collective bargaining and benefit plan operations. This area of practice for employers regularly includes bargaining with labor union representatives, ERISA compliance, litigation of federal and state law claims, representation of employers and fiduciaries in investigations by the Department of Labor or the Department of Justice, and general fiduciary counseling regarding the legal implications of fiduciary decisions. These representations occur in both single employer and multi-employer contexts. The assets of benefit plans Mr. Burton regularly advises range from $50 million to several billion.
Mr. Burton is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
education
- Georgetown University Law Center, 1975, LL.B.
- Princeton University, 1971, A.B.