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Daniel E.
Harrell

Position
Partner
Office
Pensacola

Daniel Harrell is a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. He focuses his practice on counseling employers on complex workplace issues and representing them in high‑stakes disputes.


Daniel advises employers on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including workplace policies, employee discipline and termination, wage and hour compliance, and the enforcement of noncompete and other restrictive covenant agreements. He provides regular preventive counseling to employers and has significant trial experience when disputes arise.

Daniel regularly represents clients in disputes involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, including single‑plaintiff and collective actions. His practice also includes union negotiations, labor disputes, and arbitrations, as well as Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 matters alleging breaches of fiduciary duty.

In addition to his labor and employment work, Daniel has significant experience in general commercial litigation, including insurance coverage disputes, commercial fraud matters, defamation actions, American Arbitration Association and JAMS arbitrations, and appellate proceedings.

Noteworthy

  • Florida Super Lawyers, Labor & Employment (2021–2026); “Rising Star” (2014–2017)
  • Florida Trend, Florida’s Legal Elite “Up and Comers” (2015)

Publications

  • "Employer Compliance and the ADA," PEO Insider Magazine, National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, Fall 2015
  • "Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Qualify for 'Outside Sales' Exemption," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee, News and Developments, July 12, 2012
  • "EEOC Recognizes Gender Identity as Theory of Proving Sex Discrimination," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee, News and Developments, May 2, 2012
  • "Supreme Court Establishes New Obstacle for Defense Attorney Fees," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee, News and Developments, June 20, 2011
  • "A Changing Perspective: Transgender Discrimination Under Title VII," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee Newsletter, Vol. 8 No. 2, Spring 2010
  • "Supreme Court Places Burden on Employers to Prove RFOA Exemption in ADEA Cases," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee Newsletter, Vol. 7 No. 3, Spring 2009
  • "Pandora's Bankruptcy Tort: The Potential for Circumvention of the Business Judgment Rule Through the Tort Theory of Deepening Insolvency," 36 Cumb. L. Rev. 151, 2006

Presentations

  • "Trends in Employment Law," Greater Pensacola Society of Human Resources Managers Annual Conference, 2023–2026
  • "What you need to know as an employer," Pensacola Chamber of Commerce Online COVID-19 Seminar, April 2020
  • "Understanding and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants," Greater Pensacola Society of Human Resources Managers Meeting, October 2016
  • "Potential changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act," Southeast Credit Union Conference & Expo of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions and Affiliates, Orlando, Florida, June 2016
  • "Effective documentation of employee disciplines and terminations," Human Resources Management Association of Bay County’s Legal Conference on the Bay, 2014
  • "Writing It Right: The Importance of Proper Documentation," Greater Pensacola Society of Human Resources Managers Meeting, January 2014

Memberships

  • First Judicial Circuit of Florida, Judicial Nominating Commission (2019–2022)
  • Episcopal Day School Pensacola, Florida, Chair, Board of Trustees (2015–2021); Chair (2018–2020)
  • Washington and Lee University Alumni Association, President, Pensacola Chapter (2022–present)
Pensacola
Suite 200
13 Palafox Place
Pensacola, FL 32502
D: 448.239.6470
F: 448.239.6500
Emaildharrell@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
    JD, magna cum laude, 2006
  • Washington and Lee University
    BA, 1999

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama
  • Florida

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Related Practices

  • Appellate Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
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