Gov. Bobby Jindal appointed T. A. (Tim) Barfield Jr. to serve as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Labor.
Sec. Barfield is the former president and chief operating officer for The Shaw Group Inc., an engineering, technology, construction, environmental and industrial services company servicing federal agencies, federal, state and local governments, and private sector clients throughout the world.
He previously served as the president of Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. and as The Shaw Group’s senior vice president for special projects and secretary and general counsel.
He also served as president of Shaw APP, Inc. and managing director of Shaw Group U.K. Limited; as a corporate attorney at Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Dallas, Texas; and as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana.
Sec. Barfield has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a law degree from LSU. He is also a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management’s Executive Development Program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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