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Steven Osber is a senior partner at Conrad & Scherer’s Fort Lauderdale office with a practice concentrating primarily on commercial and business litigation. Mr. Osber’s case representation ranges from routine litigation matters to highly complex litigation including partnership/shareholder disputes, commercial eviction matters, real estate litigation and construction litigation.. In addition to his extensive experience in commercial litigation, Mr. Osber has handled a number of significant cases defending businesses in negligent security claims, and he provides security training to nightclubs, bars and restaurants. Mr. Osber is also valued as a contributing litigator in the firm’s general workers’ compensation cases and employment law cases.. Mr. Osber’s expansive litigation experience includes more than 150 state and federal jury and non-jury trials, as well as extensive binding arbitration experience. He is also proficient in appellate cases, having prepared appellate briefs on a variety of matters argued before various appellate tribunals. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, which indicates a demonstration of the highest professional and ethical standards and is the highest rating a lawyer can receive. He has also been recognized as a top lawyer in the South Florida Legal Guide in 2011, and from 2014 to present day.

Natasha M. Dalton, Esq. is an accomplished attorney with a passion for helping individuals and corporate entities successfully navigate through difficult circumstances. She is a Supreme Court of Florida Certified County Court Mediator, as well as a trained Family and Elder Law Mediator and a qualified arbitrator.  Ms. Dalton earned her juris doctor degree at the University of Miami School of Law with honors in 2005.

Michelle is President of her own law firm, Parker Law Firm, P.A. Through her firm, Michelle is dedicated to helping the underserved and underrepresented. Her passion is to fight for a world in which we can all truly be treated equal. Michelle is also an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center where she teaches for the NSU Master's in Science Employment Law Program.. Michelle attended law school at Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center. While attending law school, Michelle was a writer on the International Citator and Research Guide. The International Citator and Research Guide is a unique organization to Nova Southeastern University that is in the midst of preparing the international equivalent of the Bluebook. During law school Michelle also interned at Legal Aid Service of Broward County where she had the opportunity to draft advance directives for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.. Michelle is a member of The Florida Bar and licensed to practice in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; and the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida.. Michelle is focused on providing excellent customer service at an affordable rate. Day or night - she is available to assist you with your legal needs.

Joseph R. Fazio III was born in Miami, Florida. Mr. Fazio graduated in 1988 from Boston College and received his J.D. in 1994 from Nova University Law School where he served on the Board of the Moot Court Society and was selected to join the Order of Barristers as a National Member. He cultivated strong cultural and language skills during his study of languages at the Universidad Internacional in Santander, Spain, and of European Community Law at the Universidad de Madrid. Mr. Fazio is admitted to practice before all Florida state courts as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), Florida NELA, the Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section, the Broward County Bar Association, the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association. Mr. Fazio has lectured and published articles on employment law issues in Florida, and has served on the Florida Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1998-2000).

I was born on August 26, the anniversary of the day that women won the right to vote. Being politically active and an advocate for women's rights came naturally. A legacy or destiny.. I started college with no thought of becoming an employment discrimination lawyer. As an award-winning high-school artist (National First Prize in the "Hallmark Cards High School Talent Search") I won a full scholarship to Michigan State University, from which I graduated (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) with an ever-so-useful degree in Art History.. My radicalizing experience for a born-on-the-26th-of-August woman was not so much an epiphany as a reality check: getting passed over for promotion in my first job out of college for a man because "you'll get married, get pregnant and quit." Women in the 70s were supposed to have husbands, babies and homes, not careers. I sensed that I'd been discriminated against, but didn't know what to do about it. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was only a few years old. Few lawyers brought gender discrimination suits. (The only reason that women had been included in Title VII’s protections was because a segregationist opponent sponsored a floor amendment, thinking that including women would create enough baggage to sink the proposed law.). Jump forward a few years and I was “married with children.” I attended an organizational meeting for a Fort Lauderdale chapter of the National Organization for Women and its message of equality catapulted me into driving around the state for two years in a 1960 Oldsmobile with two babies in tow to organize NOW chapters. I ran for and was elected to the NOW National Board of Directors in 1972. I lobbied in Tallahassee for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1973 and 1974. When the ERA didn’t pass, its proponents threatened to run for office. A male legislator told me that "no one like you (a women’s libber)" could ever get elected. Wrong. I ran and, in 1974 (at age 27), became the first woman from Broward County, Florida, to serve in the Florida House of Representatives. My campaign slogan during that Watergate/watershed year: It's time.. One term in the Florida House was enough. I retired from politics and went to law school, graduating and becoming a lawyer in 1979.. In 1982, I married my now-partner and soul mate Bill Amlong (a former Miami Herald reporter I had met while I was in Tallahassee but that's another story). We started our little mom and pop law firm that year, struggling like most small businesses do. Then I did a lot of family law, while Bill did a little bit of everything.. And then Bill started litigating the discrimination cases my NOW colleagues referred to us, which got us started in employment law. We are still a mom and pop law firm, although we have grown far beyond our initial vision. Now we concentrate almost exclusively on cases involving employment rights. Together, Bill and I have tried and settled hundreds of discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases. We've done well. I won Florida's first significant sexual harassment judgment. Stockett v. Tolin, 791 F. Supp. 1536 (S.D. Fla. 1992). Bill won a Supreme Court case that changed the contours of sexual harassment litigation. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998). In 2018, we tried and won a case, Igwe v. City of Miami, in the Top 100 Verdicts in Florida.. I have practiced 40 years. I am AV Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell. I've been a Super Lawyer since 2007. I have lectured extensively on employment law, discrimination and sexual harassment on local, state, national and international levels.. I believe in people being judged on what they can do, not on things they can't change like their gender, their race or their age. I love what I do. Nothing is more satisfying than watching a client who came into my office crushed by losing a job or powerless in the face of workplace discrimination regain their confidence.. I can help you fight back against workplace injustice. I can use what I’ve learned in 40 years of practice to help you get the pay or promotion or severance package you deserve. I can point to the results in cases I’ve tried to help convince your former employer to make a fair settlement without litigation. And if your case goes to trial, you’ll have the benefit of the thousands of hours I’ve spent in the courtroom, preparing me to try my most important case yet: yours.. Think about it.

I concentrate my areas of practice primarily in the representation of public employee benefit plans, labor & employment law and general federal civil rights litigation with a concentration in defending 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claims against police officers.  I pursue and defend FLSA or Florida state law claims for matters such as overtime/wages/commissions owed as well as discrimination claims.  I also handle other labor and employment matters including but not limited to non-compete agreements, employee handbooks, policies and enforcement and drafting of employment agreements.    I also work extensively in drafting and reviewing contracts in general whether they be for employment, services or other areas.  I also have considerable experience in drafting or revising numerous municipal ordinances for passage on behalf of our public employee benefit plan clients.. I regularly counsel and advise business owners, human resource managers and management employees on all aspects of the employment relationship including but not limited to interviewing, hiring, firing, wage and hour issues, discrimination issues, ADA, FMLA and FLSA compliance, employee discipline and discharge issues.  I draft , revise and/or  employee handbooks and regularly counsel clients on maintaining compliance with federal and state laws.  I work extensively in drafting and reviewing contracts in general whether they be for employment services or other areas of law.   I'm well versed in drafting and enforcing non-compete agreements for both employers and employees.. I am certified by the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA), as a Certified Public Pension Trustee and regularly lecture at their Trustee Education Schools. I have been selected by Super Lawyers Magazine, as a Florida Rising Star for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the field of Employee Benefits Law.  I was selected as a Top Up and Comer in Labor & Employment Law by South Florida Legal Guide, 2016 and 2017 Editions.

I am a Shareholder in Stearns Weaver Miller's Labor & Employment Department. I have litigated and tried a wide variety of employment law claims arising under various aspects of Title VII, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act. I have also litigated and tried cases alleging discrimination in public accommodations and counseled clients regarding workplace safety matters arising under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). I have handled numerous matters for management clients seeking to enforce covenants not to compete and regularly advise clients regarding compliance issues with respect to all of the state and federal laws mentioned above.

Glenn Rissman is a Shareholder in Stearns Weaver Miller's Labor and Employment Department. Mr. Rissman's practice focuses on employment law, immigration, and accessibility. Mr. Rissman regularly represents clients in a wide variety of matters arising under Title VII, Section 1981, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, WARN Act, FLSA, ERISA, and the Florida Civil Rights Act. He also advises employers regarding hiring, termination, and discipline of employees; compliance with federal, state, and local discrimination laws and wage and hour issues; sexual harassment matters; I-9 compliance and unauthorized employment; and mass layoffs and plant closings.. Mr. Rissman also practices in the area of employment-based immigration and naturalization. He represents employers and investors seeking temporary visas and permanent residence for employees and has successfully obtained non-immigrant visas (H-1B, L-1, TN, O, P, E) for employers in industries such as retail, hospitality, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing. Mr. Rissman also counsels clients regarding I-9 compliance, audits and inspections. Mr. Rissman also defends and advises institutions with respect to public accessibility for persons with disabilities. Mr. Rissman has defended dozens of public accessibility lawsuits brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.. He is a frequent speaker on employment issues and is a regular contributor to Belabor the Point a blog dedicated to the latest developments in labor and employment law.

Christopher Matthew McShane was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he obtained his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Pittsburgh.  While attending the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. McShane was a varsity letterman in tennis and was named as a varsity scholar athlete.  After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. McShane worked in marketing and sales in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area for Coca-Cola.  Mr. McShane is a 1999 honors graduate from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida and was admitted to practice that same year.  Mr. McShane was an associate editor of the University of St. Thomas Law Review. Mr. McShane first joined Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. as an associate in 1999.  Mr. McShane relocated to South Florida in 2000 and gained valuable experience representing a wide range of employers, insurance companies, third party administrators, self-insured entities, and corporations in a multitude of different matters.  Mr. McShane concentrates his practice in the areas of Workers’ Compensation, Employment Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Longshore and Defense Base Act, Jones Act, vessel claims, salvage matters, Limitation of Liability Claims, premises liability, general liability, insurance coverage disputes and other complex insurance related matters.  Since 2004, Mr. McShane has been an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida teaching a variety of legal courses.  He is a very active member of his community in Fort Lauderdale and regularly attends and conducts continuing education courses and seminars.

Bridges, Simmons & Associates practice includes family law, business law, civil litigation, trusts and estates, labor and employment law, personal injury and government law.  Theron Simmons practices primarily in labor and employment, government law and general practice.  With over 15 years of experience Theron has a diverse background in various areas of the law.