Overview
- Recognized in publications, Best Lawyers in America (1995-2023)
- Recognized in publications, Best Lawyers in America "Lawyer of the Year", Labor Law - Management, Tampa (2023)
- Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers (2006-2016, 2018-2022)
- Labor & Employment Star by Benchmark Litigation (2019)
- Recognized in Chambers USA Guide
- Successfully represented companies in claims involving sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, race, disability, age, religious and sex discrimination
- Successfully represented companies in wage hour claims
- Assisted companies in due diligence in mergers and acquisitions
- Acted as chief spokesman in numerous collective bargaining negotiations and arbitrations
- Successfully handled numerous union election campaigns
- Provide companies with preventive training in all aspects of labor and employment law
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence
Honors & Recognitions
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment (1995-2024)
- Chambers USA Guide (2009-2023)
Professional & Civic Associations
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- “The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860)
Practices
Practice Emphasis
- Defense of employers in all areas of labor and employment law
- Collective bargaining, arbitration and union avoidance
- Benefits law
Industries
Education
Boston College School of Law
- J.D., 1974
- Editor, Boston College Law Review, 1973-74
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, 1970
Bar & Court Admissions
- Florida, 1974