Barry
W. Marr has been representing management
in all aspects of labor and employment law
for more than 25 years in Honolulu. Before
beginning private practice in Hawaii, Mr.
Marr served as Counsel to the Chair of the
National Labor Relations Board in Washington,
D.C. from 1974 to 1976.
Mr. Marr has broad experience in both traditional
labor law and employment law. He has litigated
employment disputes in federal and state
courts involving breach of contract, equal
pay, wrongful discharge, employment discrimination,
defamation, fraud, emotional distress, sex
harassment, antitrust claims arising out
of collective bargaining, and negligent
referral. He has represented employers in
discrimination matters before federal and
state agencies.
Mr. Marr has extensive experience in labor
relations. In addition to representing employers
in more than 250 cases before arbitrators
and administrative agencies, he has served
as both spokesperson and as counsel in collective
bargaining negotiations. He has also represented
employers in litigation involving secondary
boycotts, unlawful picketing, antitrust
and defamation charges during strikes, picketing
and secondary boycotts, and has obtained
injunctions in federal court against picketing
and strikes.
Among other notable cases he has handled,
Mr. Marr was retained to represent the State
of Hawaii and its counties in a class action
lawsuit alleging sex discrimination in compensation.
He was also retained by the United States
District Court for the District of Hawaii
to represent the Court in a mandamus action
before the Ninth Circuit involving federal
labor law issues.
Mr. Marr has served as an adjunct professor
at the University of Hawaii School of Law
and has lectured on labor and employment
law matters in Hawaii and on the mainland.
Mr. Marr received a Citation from the
NLRB for Sustained Superior Performance;
he has been recognized in The Best Lawyers
in America for the past ten years;
he is listed in America’s Leading
Business Lawyers; and he is a Contributing
Editor of The Developing Labor Law,
published by the Bureau of National Affairs.
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