Practice Areas & Industries: Carlton Fields, P.A.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Today, no matter how fairly a business treats its employees, or how carefully it complies with regulations governing employment, it is difficult to avoid exposure to labor law litigation. Indeed, the volume and complexity of federal, state, and local labor statues continue to increase profoundly every year, in every area of business. At the same time, juries are returning increasingly larger verdicts in employee plaintiff cases. Damages in workplace-related suits can threaten the solvency of even the largest corporations.

Carlton Fields lawyers are highly experienced in all aspects of labor and employment law. We represent management only. Our defense is shaped not only by our knowledge of the law itself, but our understanding of the varied businesses and industries within which it is applied. We defend management in state, federal, and administrative cases, and deal in all facets of workplace practices, including:

• Age Discrimination
• Arbitrations
• Civil Rights
• COBRA
• Collective Bargaining
• Covenants Not To Compete
• Disability Rights
• Discharges
• Discrimination
• Drug Testing
• EEO Litigation/Appeals
• EEOC/FCHR/Municipal Charges
• Employment Contracts
• ERISA
• FMLA
• Handbook Review
• Hospital & Health Care Litigation
• Migrant Labor
• Record-Keeping
• RIF's
• Sexual Harassment
• ULP's
• Unemployment Comp
• Union Avoidance
• Violence/Stalking
• Wage/Hour
• WARN
• Whistleblowers
• Workers' Comp Retaliation

Distinguished Jurists, Educators, and Authors

Members of the Labor and Employment Practice Group frequently lecture and publish about labor and employment law. Our lawyers include:

• A Past Chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar
• Past members of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar
• Past Editor of the Labor Law Column of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar Journal
• Column Editors for The Employment Law Strategist, a national newsletter
• Past Editor of The Checkoff, the newsletter of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar
• A Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• Members in the Florida Academy of Management Labor Lawyers
• Members of Best Lawyers in America® - Labor and Employment
• Board Certification: among the first lawyers in Florida to be certified as Labor and Employment Lawyers by The Florida Bar
• Certified Mediators
• Management chairs of subcommittees in the Labor and Employment Section of the American Bar Association
• Speakers and writers for meetings and publications of various committees of the American Bar Association, including:
  • the Committee on Practice and Procedure under the NLRA
  • the Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Law
  • the Committee on the Federal Labor Standards Legislation
  • the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
  • the Employee Benefits Committee
  • the Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities
• Membership in employment committees of the Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections of the American Bar Association
• Members of committees of the National Bar Association
• Members of employment law committees and sections of the Hillsborough, Dade, and Palm Beach County Bar Associations