Employment & Labor lawyers in Florida A. OBeidy to Brent Chudachek

Firm: OBEIDY & ASSOCIATES, PA

2755 East Oakland Park Blvd. , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33306

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

A. Andrew OBeidy, Senior Partner/Litigator at OBeidy & Associates, P. A., heads the Labor and Employment Law Division of the firm. Mr. OBeidy's employment practice extends to claims dealing with Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Overtime, Employment Contracts Negotiation/Enforcement, Tort Claims and Labor Disputes. Mr. OBeidy has lectured on these various Labor and Employment topics throughout his career.. Mr. OBeidy served as a member of Florida National Employment Lawyer's Association's (Florida NELA) Board of Director. Mr. OBeidy continues to be an active member of Florida NELA as well as an active member of the National Employment Lawyer's Association. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regularly refers cases to Mr. OBeidy.. Mr. OBeidy attended the University of Virginia where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Thereafter, Mr. OBeidy attended Howard University School of Law in our nation's capital. Upon completion of his studies, Mr. OBeidy returned to Canada to serve in Her Majesty's Royal Canadian Air Force. After receiving his Commission, Mr. OBeidy trained as a pilot and flew various fixed wing aircraft. When he was not in flight training, Mr. OBeidy worked with the Judge Advocate General's Office.. After retiring with distinction from the military, Mr. OBeidy returned to California to practice law. Mr. OBeidy spent four (4) years developing and heading the Employment Law Department at Awad & Awad, LLP. Mr. OBeidy came to south Florida in October 2003 to establish Brody, OBeidy & Marcellus P. A.

Firm: Law Office of Annette Newman, LLC

789 SW Federal Highway , Stuart , Florida 34994

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Attorney Newman is a solo practitioner, practicing primarily in the areas of employment/labor law; and civil rights law.  The Law Office of Annette Newman, LLC is a full-service law practice, serving both employers and employees throughout the State of Florida.  In addition to employment and civil rights law services, the firm offers mediation services.. Attorney Newman's experience includes successfully handling all aspects of litigation, including trials, and Pretrial litigation.  In addition to her solo practice, Attorney Newman is also a contract attorney and she has successfully litigated literally thousands of matters as local counsel for various law firms throughout the State of Florida, including negotiating thousands of out-of-court settlements during mediations.  She was recognized by the Black Lawyers Association - Top 100 as a Top 100 Attorney in 2016 and 2017; by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2017, 2018 and 2019; by Florida Legal Trend Magazine as one of Florida's Legal Elite in 2018 and received recognition as one of America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in 2019.. Attorney Newman is passionate about civil rights and employment law, and she worked most of her life in various employment law related positions, in both private and public organizations.  She is also a Certified Federal EEO Investigator and Certified Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil Mediator.. Attorney Newman grew up in Buffalo, New York, during the heat of the civil rights movement in the 1960's, where she not only witnessed discrimination and civil rights violations as a child, but also experienced it first hand, including housing discrimination, police brutality and employment discrimination.. In addition to her law practice and mediation services, Attorney Newman is a certified federal sector EEO Investigator.  She has investigated federal employee discrimination complaints in both Union and Non-Union employment settings for various federal agencies nationwide and she has also represented federal employees in discrimination complaints against federal agencies.  Prior to her legal career, Attorney Newman was a regional Human Resource Generalist for a private corporation for over eight years, where she was primarily responsible for employee relations for over 3,000 employees.  During this time, Attorney Newman investigated numerous discrimination claims, prepared and presented employment law training classes, prepared position statements in response to EEOC inquiries, and regularly communicated with agencies connected with employment law regulations, i.e., EEOC, Department of Labor, OSHA and Florida Commission on Human Relations.. Attorney Newman is highly qualified to practice employment law, having graduated with six college degrees, including a law degree (JD) from Stetson University College of Law and a Masters in Business Administration Degree (MBA), specializing in Human Resource Management, from Wayland Baptist University.  Attorney Newman has over 30 years of hands-on work experience, including eight years as a Human Resource Generalist; eight years as a District Manager for an international retail convenience store chain; five years as an EEO Representative in the Army; and eight years in civil service, including Administrative Assistant for the Veterans Administration, Administrative Specialist for the U.S. Marshal's Service and Deputy Clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.. Attorney Newman is also a veteran, honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1994 after eight years of active duty service, including service as a Non-Commissioned Officer.  She was awarded three Army Commendation Medals and three Army Achievement Medals during her service in the military.

Firm: WELDON & ROTHMAN, PL

2548 Northbrooke Plaza Drive , Naples , Florida 34119

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

I am a Southwest Florida attorney Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar.  Certification is the highest level of recognition given by The Florida Bar for competency and experience within an area of law.  My practice focuses on providing representation in the areas of employment law, insurance claims, whistleblower representation, and civil litigation.. As an expert in employment law, I specialize in representations involving overtime (FLSA), discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, whistleblowers, non-compete agreements, FMLA, USERRA, ERISA, unpaid wages/commissions, employment contracts, and the False Claims Act (qui tam).. I also have substantial experience litigating insurance claims, including hurricane damage, commericial property, disability insurance, life insurance, and most other matters involving litigation against an insurance company.  Lately, my insurance practice has concentrated on providing representation for families and businesses denied appropriate insurance coverage following Hurricane Irma.. In addition to the above areas, I provide representation for victims of sexual misconduct, and most business litigation matters.

Firm: Meloro Law

8551 W Sunrise Blvd Ste 300 , Plantation , Florida 33322

Practice Areas: Business , Contracts, Corporate , Employment & Labor , Real Estate , Wages/Commissions/Overtime, Estate Planning, Estate Planning

Solving your problems.  Answering your questions. Being your advocate. Protecting your best interests.  Practice areas include estate planning, medicaid planning, probate and guardianship.. Meloro Law helps seniors and those with special needs protect their assets and qualify for Medicaid when needed for long term care and helps people of all ages get their legal and financial affairs in order through proper estate planning.. Lead attorney Bobbi Meloro has many 5-star reviews and happy clients. She has earned the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell, a "Superb" rating from Avvo, is recognized as a “Super Lawyer” and as one of the “Florida Legal Elite.” Ms. Meloro is also a member of the national and state associations of elder law attorneys and a member and graduate of Elder Law College. She has over 20 years’ experience and extensive courtroom experience, having served as first and second chair in several civil jury and non-jury trials. She is a member of the Florida Bar, admitted to practice in all Florida state and federal courts as well as in the Seminole Tribal Court, and active in the legal community and her home town of Plantation. You can learn more on our website ().

Firm: Blair T. Jackson, P.A.

545 Delaney Ave Building 3 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Collections, Criminal Defense , Drug Crimes, DUI/DWI, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Employment & Labor

Blair T. Jackson was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in 1965. He attended McGill University in Montreal where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1988. He then attended the Western Michigan Cooley School of Law where he received his juris doctorate in 1991. Mr. Jackson also graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law with a LL.M. (Masters of Law) degree in Business Transactions in 2014. Mr. Jackson has more than twenty-three (23) years of civil litigation experience, practicing in both state courts in the State of Florida, as well as the United States District Court of the Middle District of Florida. He successfully litigates civil disputes of all kinds, including, but not limited to, contract disputes, employment law agreements (for employer and employee), mortgage foreclosure cases, and certain administrative actions.. In addition to his twenty-three (23) years of litigation experience, Blair Jackson has taught as a professor at Barry Law School in Orlando, Florida and the Crummer School of Business (M.B.A. program) at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. In addition to receiving a faculty achievement award for scholarship in 2014, he has published two (2) law review articles.. Mr. Jackson has consistently participated in the Orange County Bar Association’s Guardian ad Litem program. He has provided his services as a guest speaker to high school and college students with respect to various legal topics, such as starting your own practice, and the practice of law in general.. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Administrative Law

Firm: Burruezo & Burruezo, PLLC

941 Lake Baldwin Lane , Orlando , Florida 32814

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

CAREER. After practicing insurance-defense law for several years, Bertha began focusing her practice in the area of workplace law. Bertha served as an Associate with the Orlando Office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, a national law firm representing management exclusively in labor, employment, immigration and benefits law and related litigation. In 2006, after gaining experience in various areas of labor and employment law, Bertha opened her own law firm to focus primarily on the representation of small businesses and employees.. Bertha has owned and operated her own small businesses, and understands the challenges that business people encounter. Bertha has a unique ability to creatively resolve issues in a thoughtful and collaborative way.. STRATEGIC INTERVENTION BUSINESS & EXECUTIVE COACHING. Bertha, a Business & Executive Coach, is a student of Tony Robbins’ Strategic Intervention (SI) Coaching program. Throughout her law practice, Bertha has witnessed first hand how conflict — and the emotions that feed conflict — can oftentimes escalate to serve only one purpose: the destruction of the other side. While destruction of the other might create temporary satisfaction, long-term solutions demand other more positive, proactive strategies.. Bertha’s SI business clients demand goals that are dedicated to extracting the most practical and effective forms of strategic action and communication. As such, she is able to utilize SI tools that resolve individual, organizational and cultural paradoxes that would otherwise lead to internal conflict and blocked initiative.. PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS. • Member, The Florida Bar, 2002-Present• Member, Orange County Bar Association, 2002-Present• Member, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando, 2012• Member, Hispanic Chamber Leads Group, 2012-2013• Member, Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida, 2012-Present• Bikram Yoga Aficionado. FAMILY & EDUCATION. Bertha, a native of Daytona Beach, Florida, has Central-American roots. Bertha’s father hails from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, while her mother originates from El Salvador. Bertha’s paternal grandmother, Trinidad, emigrated to the United States in the 1960s and, after years of hard work and study, became a nurse, a profession she practiced for more than 25 years. Trinidad’s perseverance served as a point of encouragement for the rest of her family, especially Bertha. Bertha started her college studies in Daytona Beach, earning an Associate of Arts Degree from Daytona Beach Community College. Bertha subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Florida State University, and a Master’s Degree from Florida A&M University. After teaching middle school students for several years, Bertha returned to school to earn a Law Degree in 2002 from Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida.. SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL AREAS. After nearly 13 years of practice, Bertha now dedicates her services to providing pro-active, holistic, and balanced solutions for both employers and employees in the many areas of workplace law. Her practice areas include:. TRAINING, WORKSHOPS & AUDITS. • Supervisor Training. • Business Practices Audits. • Employment Polciies & Procedures

Firm: Greenspoon Marder

200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1800 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Brandt & Gufford

516 Southwest Camden Avenue , Stuart , Florida 34994

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Consumer Protection,Contracts,Criminal Defense ,Education ,Employment & Labor ,Estate Planning,Government Agencies,Health Care & Hospitalization,Landlord & Tenant,Lemon ,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Personal Injury,Probate ,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate ,Sexual Harassment,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Toxic Substances,Traffic Violations,Trusts,Wills,Workers Compensation

Firm: Archibald J. Thomas III, P.A.

Riverplace Twr   1640 021 , Jacksonville , Florida 32207

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor ,Labor

Firm: Smith Greene and Combs

550 Water Street   1150 , Jacksonville , Florida 32202

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Child Custody & Visitation,Child Support,Corporate ,Employment & Labor ,Family ,Paternity,Prenuptial Agreement,Real Estate ,Spousal Support

Firm: Adi Amit, P.A.

101 NE 3rd Ave. Ste 300 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Reeser, Rodnite, Outten and Zdravko, P.A

3411 Alt 19 Ste A , Palm Harbor , Florida 34683

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

1 East Broward Blvd. , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Morgan & Morgan

8151 Peters Road , Plantation , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Employment, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Andrew R. Frisch concentrates his practice in representing individuals who have been denied overtime wages and those individuals injured and disabled in personal injury and workers' compensation cases. Mr. Frisch joined Morgan & Morgan after serving six years with a prominent plaintiff's personal injury firm in the state of New York. He has extensive trial experience with both jury trials and administrative hearings.Mr. Frisch brings a special brand of compassion and tenacity to every client he represents. He believes that financial hardship and compensation abuses levied upon working Floridians are every bit as injurious as the physical damages suffered in work and other accidents.Mr. Frisch is admitted to the Bars of Florida (2006), Georgia (2012), New York (2001) and New Jersey (2001), as well as the U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York, District of New Jersey, Court of Federal Claims, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, District of Colorado, Eastern District of Michigan, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, and Eastern District of Tennessee, and the United States Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits.

13577 Feather Sound Dr , Clearwater , Florida 33762

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Morgan & Morgan

600 N. Pine Island Road, Suite 400 , Plantation , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Rosenthal Law Group

2103 N. Commerce Parkway , Weston , Florida 33326

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Contracts, Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Litigation

Born in Miami, Mr. Rosenthal has spent a majority of his life in various parts of Florida. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1986 with a B.A., Mr. Rosenthal went on to graduate with honors from the University of Florida College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. From there, he went on to serve as an intern for the United States Magistrate Judge, William C. Turnoff, and also worked for two years in the Miami office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and several years for Britton, Weissman, Lichtman & Dervishi, P.A.. Mr. Rosenthal formed his own law firm in 1997 to serve the needs of businesses, corporations and anyone who is involved in a business litigation matter throughout Florida. Rosenthal Law Firm handles all types of business counseling and transactions and state and federal commercial litigation in both state and federal courts.  Mr. Rosenthal is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® from 2010 through 2020 in the field of Commercial Litigation and an additional recognition in the Litigation - Construction category in 2016 and 2017. He was also named to the exclusve list of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms in 2020. Mr. Rosenthal earned a 10.0 Superb rating by Avvo®, the highest rating that can be achieved under their guidelines.  It is his unwavering dedication that won Rosenthal Law Group "Most Outstanding Law Firm of 2016" from Wealth & Finance International. Mr. Rosenthal has also been recognized in the Miami Herald as one of South Florida's Top Lawyers for 2011 and 2012. He was also recently named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America® which is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society established to reflect the new face of the American bar. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.  In 2016, Rosenthal Law Group was awarded Best Business Law Firm in Miami and Mr. Rosenthal was named Florida's Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigator of the Year by Acquisition International. Mr. Rosenthal was also selected as Business Lawyer of the Year by Corporate America in 2016.  In 2017, Attorney Rosenthal was selected for the prestigious M&A Award by Corporate Livewire for "Excellence in Business Litigation Law — FL, USA." In order to win this award, a law firm or individual professional must have displayed advanced understanding of business relations and played an integral part in expanding the influence and strength of corporations through successful mergers and acquisitions. He was also the recipient of the 2017 Finance Monthly Global Award, as well as the Lawyer Monthly of Legal Awards 2017. In the winter of 2017, Attorney Rosenthal was selected to be a member of Lawyers of Distinction. This association carefully researches attorneys from all variances of practice areas using an unbiased criteria filter. It chooses who it believes to be the 10% best lawyers in the United States and invites them to join the prestigious group.

Firm: Danz Law, PLLC

11011 Sheridan Street , Cooper City , Florida 33026

Practice Areas: Contracts, Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

My practice is dedicated to representing businesses. I specialize in defending businesses in  administrative employment-related complaints (Equal Employment Opportuity Commission; Department of Labor; Internal Revenue Service) and employment litigation matters such as claims for overtime, sexual and racial harassment and discrimination based on age, race, sex, pregnancy, disability, and other statutorily protected classifications.. I also specialize in issues related to worker classification such as independent contractors versus employees.. I also represent busnesses sued for failure to make their facilities accessible for disabled consumers/customers under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

836 Executive Ln Ste 120 , Rockledge , Florida 32955

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Rice Pugatch Robinson Storfer & Cohen, PLLC

101 NE 3rd Ave , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

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.