Monica Chaplin focuses her practice on litigation matters with an emphasis on labor and employment law. She counsels both large and small employers on a variety of labor and employment issues, including avoidance of discrimination and retaliation claims, compliance with disability and medical leave requirements, wage and hour issues, employee termination, restrictive covenants, reductions in force, and WARN Act defense. She has experience drafting employment, restrictive covenant and separation agreements, and has experience drafting and reviewing multistate and multinational employee handbooks. Her general litigation experience includes defending federal securities, breach of contract, real estate, and products liability claims.
Areas of Concentration
· Complex commercial litigation
· Employment law litigation
· Federal securities litigation
· Products liability
· Class action lawsuits
· Real estate litigation
· Condominium rescission defense
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, Dade County Bar Association
· Member, Florida Association of Women Lawyers
· Member, Executive Committee, Friends of the New World Symphony
· Member, Young Presidents Club, Mount Sinai Medical Center
· Graduate, Leadership Miami, 2011-2012
· Member, Leadership Development Institute, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 2009-2010
Internship
· Judicial Intern, The Honorable Jose E. Martinez, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida, Summer 2006
· Judicial Intern, The Honorable James Lawrence King, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida, Summer 2006
· Summer Intern, Miami-based law firm, Summers 2001-2003
Other Experience
· Summer Associate, Greenberg Traurig, Summer 2007
· Summer Law Clerk, Miami-based complex business litigation law firm, Summers 2004, 2005
· Defense Attorney, Miami-Dade County Teen Court Program, 1998-2001
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
· Co-Author, "Arbitration Update," American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Advanced Employment Law and Litigation, 2011
· Co-Author, "Covenants Not-To-Compete, or Covenants to Secure and Protect Intellectual and Business Properties and Resources?" ALI-ABA Advanced Employment Law and Litigation, 2011
· Co-Author, "Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Laws," BNA International Labor & Employment Law, 2011
· Co-Author, "Mini-WARN Acts: Florida," Practicing Law Institute (PLI) Multistate Guide, 2011
· Co-Author, "Independent Contractors: Florida," PLI Multistate Guide, 2011
· Co-Author, "Trade Secret Law: Florida," PLI Multistate Guide Article, 2011