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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-012221
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120113
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120113

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jacobsen Sherertz, Kimberly J.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001518986

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25011 NE CRESAP RD
		CITY:			BATTLEGROUND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			986048238

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000902791
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363]
		IRS NUMBER:				520812977
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21886
		FILM NUMBER:		12527625

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98662
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 494-5669

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8100 NE PARKWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98662
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>KIMBERLY J. JACOBSEN SHERERTZ</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vancouver, Washington &#150; Barrett Business Services, Inc. (&#147;BBSI&#148;) has continuously ignored requests of a shareholder group led
by Kimberly J. Jacobsen Sherertz and the estate of her late husband William W. Sherertz, Chairman and CEO of BBSI at the time of his passing. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In an effort to establish a dialog with Barrett&#146;s Board, the group has utilized a variety of channels. On November&nbsp;22, 2011 and
December&nbsp;16, 2011 by both fax and certified mail the group reached out to current director and CEO Michael Elich, who the group has publicly supported. On December&nbsp;16, 2011, the group issued a press release expressing its intent to
collaborate with BBSI&#146;s current Board to amend the Change in Control Agreements currently in place with key executives. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One of the
group&#146;s key objectives is to have the Board amend the company&#146;s Change in Control Agreements as they are not in line with industry best practices and could materially damage shareholder value if they are not amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The group, through its attorney, reached out to BBSI&#146;s counsel on December&nbsp;31, 2011 by email and again on January&nbsp;3, 2012 by phone with
the intent of discussing the Change in Control Agreements. On January&nbsp;9, 2012, the group&#146;s attorney finally spoke by phone with counsel for BBSI and asked whether the Board would speak with the group about the agreements. Since then, the
group has heard nothing from BBSI&#146;s Board regarding the Change in Control Agreements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BBSI Board has also ignored
Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz&#146;s request made by letter on December&nbsp;21, 2011 that a special meeting of the stockholders be held on February&nbsp;21, 2012. Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz, individually and as sole representative of her late husband&#146;s estate,
owns approximately 26% of the BBSI common stock, which entitles her to make such a request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BBSI Directors and Management
have an obligation to cause the special meeting to be called and let stockholders vote for directors at the special meeting, as proposed by Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz. The group is of the strong opinion that the incumbent Board&#146;s attempt to potentially
block the requested special meeting is incredibly detrimental to BBSI stockholders as is the company&#146;s January&nbsp;10, 2012 denial of Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz&#146;s request for the company&#146;s stockholder list made in her December&nbsp;21</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">st</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> letter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">According to the group&#146;s attorney, &#147;The failure of BBSI&#146;s Directors to cause BBSI to reasonably respond to the requests of Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz is a patent breach of fiduciary duty owed to
Ms.&nbsp;Sherertz by the BBSI Directors for which they shall be held accountable.&#148; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The group would like to reiterate its support for BBSI&#146;s Branch Managers and CEO, Michael Elich.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;BBSI STOCKHOLDERS FOR VALUE&#148; CONSISTS OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM W. SHERERTZ (THE &#147;ESTATE&#148;), KIMBERLY J. JACOBSEN SHERERTZ
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE, KEITH L. BARNES, CHARLES M. GILLMAN, W. SCOTT ROMBACH, MICHAEL L. BOGUSKI, LAWRENCE D. FIRESTONE, DANIEL C. MOLHOEK AND MARK D. STOLPER. THE ESTATE AND EACH OF MS.&nbsp;SHERERTZ AND MESSRS.
BARNES, GILLMAN, ROMBACH, BOGUSKI, FIRESTONE, MOLHOEK AND STOLPER (THE &#147;PARTICIPANTS&#148;) ARE OR MAY BE DEEMED TO BE &#147;PARTICIPANTS&#148; UNDER THE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (&#147;SEC&#148;) IN THE SOLICITATION OF
PROXIES FOR THE ELECTION OF THEIR SLATE OF NOMINEES TO BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.&#146;S (&#147;BBSI&#148;) BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS THE ESTATE REQUESTED BE HELD ON FEBRUARY&nbsp;21, 2012. IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PARTICIPANTS&#146; INTENDED PROXY SOLICITATION, THEY HAVE FILED A PRELIMINARY AND A REVISED PROXY STATEMENT WITH THE SEC AND INTEND TO FILE A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WITH THE SEC TO SOLICIT STOCKHOLDERS OF BBSI. <B>INFORMATION REGARDING THE
PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THEIR DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTERESTS IN THE SOLICITATION, BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE, IS CONTAINED IN THEIR PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14A FILED WITH THE SEC ON DECEMBER&nbsp;30, 2011 AND THEIR REVISED
PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14A FILED WITH THE SEC ON JANUARY&nbsp;10, 2012, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE ON THE SEC&#146;S WEBSITE AT <U>WWW.SEC.GOV</U>. STOCKHOLDERS OF BBSI ARE ADVISED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN
IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND SUCH STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD RELY ON SUCH DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND NOT ON THIS RELEASE OR ANY PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN FILED AND ANY
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SOLICITATION OF PROXIES WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE ON THE SEC&#146;S WEBSITE AT <U>WWW.SEC.GOV</U>. </B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Contact: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Frederic Dorwart </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FREDERIC DORWART, LAWYERS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Old City Hall </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">124 East Fourth Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tulsa, OK 74103 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(918)&nbsp;583-9924 </FONT></P>
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