Yvette D. Everhart, BCS

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Yvette D. Everhart, BCS: Attorney with Sass Law Firm
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Biography

Yvette D. Everhart is a shareholder in Sass Law Firm, has practiced labor and employment law in Florida since graduating from Stetson University College of Law and is an advocate of employee rights. Ms. Everhart is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by The Florida Bar with over 18 years of experience, making her well-versed in a wide variety of employment law issues. Over the years, Yvette has served on various committees and is currently the Immediate Past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, as well as a member of its Executive Council. She is also the current Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section for the Hillsborough County Bar Association. On a national level, she is the Employee Chair of the Treatise Committee of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Everhart’s experience includes representing individual employees before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, as well as various government agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR), the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and Florida’s unemployment agency, the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).

Yvette Everhart has spoken at a variety of employment law educational conferences and is the author of several published articles. In 2021, she became the Southeast Regional Editor of the national treatise, Employment at Will, a State-by-State Survey, and serves as co-author of the Florida Chapter, since it was first published in 2011 by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA Bloomberg (n/k/a Bloomberg Industry Group), as well as each yearly supplement and the 2017 Second Edition. Yvette is a current member and past President of the Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, also known as Florida NELA, and has been included on the Super Lawyers ® list published by Thomson Reuters in the area of employment law. Yvette D. Everhart has been honored by various independent sources including being listed by The Best Lawyers in America ® in Employment Law since 2024. She made Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers since 2020 and is AV Preeminent ® rated by Martindale-Hubbell through its peer review survey, which is its highest peer rating standard. After graduating cum laude from Stetson University, she attended Stetson University College of Law and was the recipient of both The Florida Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Dean W. Gary Vause Award and the school’s Judge Alexander Paskay Bankruptcy Award.

For a full list of Yvette’s awards, publications, speaking engagements, associations and committees, check out her Resume CV at www.EmploymentLawTampa.com

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Areas of Practice (73)

  • Labor and Employment
  • Age Discrimination in Employment
  • Americans With Disabilities Act
  • Caregiver Discrimination
  • Caregiver Harassment
  • Child Labor Law
  • Civil Service
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Confidentiality Agreements
  • Covenants Not To Compete
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disability Discrimination & Harassment
  • Employee Discipline
  • Employee Drug Testing
  • Employee Privacy
  • Employee Rights
  • Employer Intentional Torts
  • Employment
  • Employment Arbitration
  • Employment at Will
  • Employment Breach of Contract
  • Employment Civil Rights
  • Employment Claims
  • Employment Class Actions
  • Employment Contracts
  • Employment Disability Discrimination
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Employment Law
  • Employment Litigation
  • Employment Mediation
  • Employment Rights
  • Employment Termination
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Law
  • Executive Employment Law
  • Executive Severance Contracts
  • Executive Transfers
  • Fair Employment Practices
  • Fair Labor Standards
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Federal Employment Law
  • Harassment
  • Human Resources Law
  • Labor Arbitration
  • Labor Law
  • Minimum Wage Law
  • National Labor Relations Act
  • National Origin Discrimination
  • Negligent Hiring
  • Noncompete Litigation
  • Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation Agreements
  • Overtime
  • Personnel Policies
  • Pregnancy Discrimination
  • Pregnancy Harassment
  • Prevailing Wage Litigation
  • Public Sector Collective Bargaining
  • Public Sector Employment Law
  • Public Sector Labor Relations
  • Race Discrimination
  • Reductions in Force
  • Restrictive Covenants
  • Retaliatory Discharge
  • Separation Packages
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Title VII Discrimination
  • Unfair Labor Practices
  • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
  • Wage and Hour Class Actions
  • Wage and Hour Law
  • WARN Act
  • Whistleblower Litigation
  • Workplace Violence
  • Wrongful Termination
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Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Stetson University, B.B.A., cum laude, 2003
Law School Attended:
Stetson University College of Law, J.D., The Florida Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Dean W. Gary Vause Award and the school’s Judge Alexander Paskay Bankruptcy Award, 2006
Year of First Admission:
2007
Admission:
2007, Florida; 2007, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; 2007, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Memberships:

Employee Co-Chair, Treatise Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, 2022-Present

Committee Member– Communications Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2016-Present

Co-Chair – Website Subcommittee, Communications Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2017-Present

Council Member – Executive Council, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2017-Present

Immediate Past Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, 2025-2026

Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2025-2026

Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, 2024-2025

Chair-Elect - Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2023-2024

Secretary/Treasurer – Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2022-2023

Committee Member– Continuing Legal Education Committee, The Florida Bar, 2021-2023

Vice Chair – Treatise Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, 2021-2022

Legal Education Director – Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2021-2022

Program Co-Chair – Advanced Labor Topics (virtual conference), Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2021

Committee Member – Law School Liaison Subcommittee, Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2016-2019

Committee Member – Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2015-2019

Co-Chair – Law School Liaison Subcommittee, Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2016-2017

Program Co-Chair – Hot Topics in Employment Law, Fall Conference, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2016

Committee Member – Membership Outreach Subcommittee, Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar, 2015-2016

President – Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2012-2013

President-Elect – Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2011-2012

Vice President of Programming – Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2010-2011

Member – Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar

Member – Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association

Member – Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association

Member – Hillsborough County Bar Association
Languages:
English
Certifications:
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar of Legal Specialization and Education since 2017
ISLN:
919277388

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Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0 (16 reviews)
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  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    5.0/5.0

  • Judgment

    5.0/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    5.0/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 09/18/24 in Labor and Employment

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 04/26/23 in Labor and Employment

    Yvette D. Everhart is a brilliant attorney. Extremely knowledgeable of employment law matters and very well respected in the legal community among her peers. She also is compassionate and cares for her clients and is determined to provide excellent... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Associate Counsel on 11/29/21 in Labor and Employment

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Junior Partner on 11/18/21 in Labor and Employment

    Sharp legal mind and skilled communicator.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 11/12/21 in Labor and Employment

    Yvette is extremely knowledgeable and an excellent advocate for her clients.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 11/10/21 in Labor and Employment

    Yvette is an exceptional Labor and Employment attorney because she possesses the unusual combination of (1) exceptional knowledge of the practice area, (2) exceptional ability to maintain responsive and productive client communications throughout rep... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Shareholder on 11/07/21 in Labor and Employment

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 11/03/21 in Labor and Employment

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 10/30/21 in Labor and Employment

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 10/29/21 in Labor and Employment

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I worked with Yvette Everhart at Sass Law Firm on a whistleblower/retaliation issue with my former employer. I found Yvette and her team to be wonderful to work with. The experience and knowledge of...

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