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Faculty Profile: Brad Hiles
- Corporate Counsel: OSHA Investigations
- Corporate Counsel Forum 2016
Brad Hiles is a Partner in the Missiouri firm of Husch Blackwell. Serving businesses for 35 years, Brad has a national practice in the areas of OSHA/MSHA defense, labor and environmental law. He represents clients primarily in the manufacturing, energy/natural resource and food/agriculture sectors. Within these industries, he has developed a reputation for rapid, in-person responses to workplace fatalities or catastrophes during government investigations. He is commonly called upon to “triage” OSHA and MSHA citations within 24 hours to enable clients to formulate settlement strategies. Examples where Brad has achieved favorable results include:
- Won 25 unfair labor practice cases filed against a water company before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
- Defended 26 OSHA investigations and penalty actions involving workplace fatalities.
- Won more than 20 OSHA whistleblower retaliation cases for general industry and construction sector and 8 MSHA whistleblower cases in the mining sector.
- Prevailed in an administrative action against Illinois EPA to extend a precedent-setting water discharge permit involving effluent trading.
- Counseled prospective buyers of coal-fired power plants in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Mexico.
- Negotiated collective bargaining agreements for numerous manufacturing companies, animal rendering facilities, mine operators, television stations and hotels.
- Obtained favorable results for dairy companies in more than 100 OSHA citation cases nationwide.
He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law, cum laude (Saint Louis University Law Journal, editor-in-chief), and his B.A from Furman University, cum laude. He is a member of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys, American Bar Association,The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Illinois State Bar Association, and The Missouri Bar.