Practice Areas
- Affirmative Action
- Class Action Litigation
- Employee Benefits
- Labor Relations
- Litigation; Employment Litigation Prevention and Defense
- Wage and Hour Compliance and Litigation
Practice Emphasis
- Defense of employers in all areas of labor and employment law
- Collective bargaining, arbitration and union avoidance
- Benefits law
Bar & Court Admissions
- Florida, 1974
Education
Boston College School of Law, Newton, MA
- J.D., 1974
- Boston College Law Review; Editor 1973-74
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Ithaca, NY
- B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, 1970
Blog
News
- Twenty-Eight Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2012
- Six Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers
- Twenty-Three Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2011
- Six Constangy Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers
- Constangy, Brooks & Smith Announces New Executive Committee Members
- Twenty Constangy, Brooks & Smith Attorneys Honored as Best Lawyers for 2010
“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)
- Office Head of Constangy's Tampa, Lakeland and Port St. Lucie Offices
- Recognized in publications, Best Lawyers in America and Florida Super Lawyers
- 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
- AV® Peer Review Rated By Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Activities/Associations
- Past Chairman, Florida Bar, Labor & Employment Law Section
- American Society For Healthcare Human Resources Administration
- Florida Hospices and Palliative Care
- Mid Florida SHRM (President, 2005)
- Tampa Bay Pension Council
- Florida West Coast Employee Benefits Council
Civic/Charitable Activities/Associations
- Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Board of Trustees (President, 2004-2005)
- University of Tampa Board of Fellows
- Member, Tampa Bay History Center
- Member, Tampa Museum of Art, Board of Trustees, 1998-2001; Vice President of Finance, 2000-2001
- Member, Leadership Tampa Alumni
Publications/Presentations
- "Pension, Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans," West Coast Employers Association, Tampa, FL
- "FMLA/ADA Workshop-Don’t “Leave” Work Without It," American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) Convocation, Orlando, FL
- "Collective Bargaining and Grievance Handling and Procedures," Stetson College of Law, Clearwater, FL
- "Laws Governing the Workplace," Florida Association of Court Clerks, Orlando, FL
- "Recent Developments in Labor & Employment Law," Florida Healthcare Human Resources Association