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Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace:
What You Need to Know to Protect Your Employees and Your Business

Featuring
Hunter Byrnes and Steven Gould
Byrnes Gould Law 

With each passing day, more and more allegations of sexual harassment and other inappropriate workplace behavior are coming to light.  As awareness of this important issue continues to grow, it is critical that employers take appropriate steps to protect their employees and their business interests.  Attorneys Hunter Byrnes and Steven Gould of Byrnes Gould Law will discuss what constitutes sexual harassment, the policies that your business should embrace to combat this behavior, and how to investigate and respond to complaints asserted against employees.

W. Huntington Byrnes

Hunter focuses his practice on general corporate matters, employment law, and civil litigation. Prior to forming Byrnes Gould, he served as general counsel to an international company headquartered in Danville, where he oversaw diverse transactional, corporate compliance, and employment issues, both domestically and internationally. He also previously practiced with an international firm in Charlotte and a medium-sized firm in Danville.

Hunter presently serves on the Virginia State Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance and previously served on its Standing Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law. 

He is a past president of the Danville Bar Association and the Danville YMCA and a past board member of the Danville Salvation Army. He previously served as a volunteer youth football coach for the Danville Optimist League and a volunteer baseball coach for the Danville Little League.

Hunter is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and earned his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Virginia and North Carolina and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Between 2007 and 2014, he was recognized annually by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine and as Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine.

Steven P. Gould

Steven focuses his practice on employment law, civil litigation, and assisting clients who interact with Virginia’s state agencies and regulatory boards. Prior to forming Byrnes Gould, he practiced with a large, regional firm in Richmond and a medium-sized firm in Danville.

Steven serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and is a former member of the VBA’s Board of Governors. He is also a member and vice chairman of the Danville School Board and is a member of the Longwood University Board of Visitors. He was a 2015 recipient of the Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) Award.

Prior to attending law school, Steven served for five years as a policy adviser in the Office of the Governor in Richmond, where he focused his work on economic and workforce development, agriculture, housing, and executive clemency.

He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science, with a minor in Information Systems, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as a Dillard Fellow for the School’s Legal Research and Writing Program.

He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.  Since 2014, he has been recognized annually as a Rising Star by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine and as Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine.