Practice Areas - Age Discrimination in Employment
- Arbitration
- Class Actions
- Disability Discrimination
- Discrimination
- EEO
- Employment at Will
- Employment Disability Discrimination
- Employee Leasing
- Employer Liability
- Employment Rights
- Employment Termination
- Equal Pay Act
- Executive Employment
- ERISA Litigation
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Fair Employment Practices
| - Fair Labor Standards Act
- Insurance
- Harassment
- Litigation
- Management Labor Law
- Mediation
- Noncompetition
- Retaliatory Discharge
- Sexual Harassment
- Title VII
- Wage and Hour Law
- WARN Act
- Whistleblower Litigation
- Wrongful Terminations
- Employee Discipline
- Labor Law
- Reductions in Force
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| University | University of Cincinnati (B.B.A., 1980; M.A., 1981) |
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| Law School | University of Cincinnati, J.D., 1986 |
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| Admitted | 1986, Ohio; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, Florida and U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2006, Georgia; U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit |
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| Memberships | Hillsborough County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. |
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| Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, March 12, 1955 |
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| Biography | Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Torts; Superior Title Award for Real Estate. Judicial Clerk, First District Court of Appeals, Ohio, 1986-1988. Chapter Author: "The Fair Labor Standards Act And Other Wage/Hour Laws," published in Florida Small Business Practice, Fifth Edition, 2004 and Sixth Edition, 2009; "Restoration Rights," The Family Medical Leave Act, First Edition, 2006; Named Florida Trend's "Florida Legal Elite"; The Best Lawyers in America 2006 to current; Florida Super Lawyer. Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator. Florida Supreme Court Certified Appellate Court Mediator. Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.
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| Reported Cases | Springfield Twp. Bd. of Trustees v. State Employee Relations Board, 70 Ohio App.3d 801, 592 N.E.2d 871 (Ohio App. 1 Dist. 1990); State ex rel. Hadsell v. Springfield Twp., 92 Ohio App.3d 256, 634 N.E.2d 1035 (Ohio App. 1 Dist. 1993); Beyersdoerfer v. Shocket, 93 Ohio App.3d 647, 639 N.E.2d 818 (Ohio App. 1 Dist. 1994); John Alden Life Ins. Co. v. Benefits Mgmt. Assocs., 675 So. 2d 188 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1996); Williams v. Vitro Servs. Corp., 144 F.3d 1438 (11th Cir. 1998); Florida Public Employees Council 79, AFSCME, AFL-CIO v. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, 860 So. 2d 992 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Sonic Automotive v. Shofer, 881 So.2d 739 (Fla 5th DCA 2004); Cruz v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 428 F.3d 1379 (11th Cir. 2005); Desocio v. Sonic Automotive, 894 So.2d 1064 (Fla 2d DCA 2005); Dieudonne v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 994 So.2d 505 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2008); Yoder Bros., Inc. v. Weygant, 973 So.2d 625 (Fla 2d DCA 2008); Hodges v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 372 Fed.Appx. 74 (11th Cir 2010); Springfield v. IAP World Services, Inc., F.Supp.2d (S.D. Ga. 2011). |
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| ISLN | 904946466 |
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