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April Goodwin
Largo, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment and Animal
Ohio Northern University
An attorney with over 20 years of experience, April S. Goodwin established The Goodwin Firm in 2015. The Goodwin Firm represents businesses throughout the state of Florida in matters related to employment discrimination, retaliation, FMLA, wage & hour, and other employee related legal issues. The Goodwin Firm also helps employers assess their exposure to future litigation for employment and wage related claims and provides them with a plan to reduce that exposure.
Also, as a pet owner and attorney, Ms. Goodwin saw that very few, if any, local attorneys were servicing the legal needs of pet owners. This meant that when...
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Timothy W. Weber
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Employment, Business, Criminal and Divorce
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Timothy W. Weber is Board Certified in Appellate Practice and practices in the areas of appellate law, civil and commercial litigation, business litigation, employment and labor, civil rights and education, land use and real estate, criminal, and family. He represents clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appeal levels. Before co-founding the firm, Tim was a shareholder at Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein, P.A. in St. Petersburg for 16 years. He has been board certified in Appellate Practice since 2004 and has been selected as a SuperLawyer every year since 2014. He has also...
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Robert G. Whittel
10.0 
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSt Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Criminal, DUI and Domestic Violence
University of Cambridge and University of Florida Levin College of Law
An experienced trial attorney, Robert Whittel provides his clients with strong, disciplined, results-oriented representation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he served as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy. Robert graduated from both law school and the United States Merchant Marine Academy with honors, and served on the esteemed Florida Law Review. Before co-founding Whittel & Melton, a full-service law firm, Robert gained valuable experience in the court room both serving as a former prosecutor and representing large corporations in complex litigation and transactional matters. Robert is devoted to fighting for his clients’ rights. He handles all types of criminal...
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William J. Sheslow
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSt. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Employment, Criminal, Family and Personal Injury
Mercer University College of Law and University of California - Davis
Prior to joining Whittel & Melton, Mr. Sheslow served as an Assistant Public Defender in Manatee County, Florida. Mr. Sheslow accumulated an impressive trial record while with the Public Defender’s Office. He was quickly promoted from a Misdemeanor to Felony case load in less than 10 months. Mr. Sheslow has tried over 20 cases ranging from DUIs and Domestic Batteries to life felonies. He has earned acquittals in serious cases such as firearms offenses and sex offenses. Additionally, Mr. Sheslow completed the National Criminal Defense Lawyers College held at Mercer College of Law in Macon, Georgia, where he learned from...
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Tracee L. Ivins
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
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Southeastern University
Tracee L. Ivins graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology. After graduation she worked for the State of Florida as a certified investigator, before deciding to pursue a law degree. As an attorney Ms. Ivins has handled files from inception all the way to a jury verdict. Her experience has included claims involving serious bodily injury, product liability injury and wrongful death arising from auto accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, negligent security, motorcycle and tractor trailer accidents.
Lawsuits including Negligence, Breach of Contract, Negligent Entrustment, Uninsured Motorist Insurance Claims, Under-Insured Motorists Insurance disputes, Wrongful Death, Bad...
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Christopher M. Klemawesch
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSt. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Employment, Criminal, Family and Personal Injury
University of Florida
Mr. Klemawesch is an experienced and dedicated Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Attorney at Whittel & Melton. He provides comprehensive representation in both State and Federal Courts. Previously, Mr. Klemawesch worked as an Assistant State Attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pinellas County, Florida. He has extensive jury trial experience in both criminal and civil cases. Mr. Klemawesch is committed to diligent advocacy to protect his clients' rights and interests.
Mr. Klemawesch obtained his B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his M.B.A. from the University of South Florida. In 2003, he received his J.D. from the University of Florida....
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Caitlin Szematowicz
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Employment
University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law and University of Tampa
Caitlin Szematowicz is a Partner with the firm, practicing in the areas of Civil & Commercial Litigation, Appeals, and Employment Law. Caitlin joined the firm in August 2012.
Caitlin graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in May 2012. She graduated cum laude from the University of Tampa, Honors Program, in December 2008, where she majored in Writing and received the “Outstanding Graduate in Writing” Award upon graduation.
While in law school, Caitlin worked as an appellate law clerk for a Washington D.C. law firm, extern at the United States Attorney’s Office, and a Certified Legal...
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Patrick W. Harland
St Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Stetson University College of Law
Patrick W. Harland, Jr. is a seasoned litigator and personal injury attorney having tried cases in both Florida State and Federal Court.
Upon graduating from Stetson University College of Law in 1999, Mr. Harland focused his law practice on defending insurance companies as well as some of the nation’s largest nursing home chains in liability suits relating to patient care. Mr. Harland also defended physicians in correctional healthcare cases brought by inmates alleging civil rights violations due to inadequate healthcare.
Today, Mr. Harland uses that defense background to the advantage of St. Petersburg clients who have been injured by the negligence of...
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Heath Clayton Murphy
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
eath is a partner at Jones Law Group and focuses his practice on personal injury, employment law and commercial litigation. He has worked at Jones Law Group since 2007. Although most cases settle prior to trial, Heath feels it is important to have the same law firm and attorneys handling each case from beginning through trial. He has shown a willingness to take the tough cases to trial in an effort to obtain the best results for the client. Heath believes in preparing every case as if it were going to trial. This diligent approach...
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Jeffrey Lieser
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
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University of Florida Levin College of Law
Jeff is the Managing Partner of Lieser Skaff Alexander (LSA), a 9-attorney firm with 3 Florida offices. Jeff has concentrated his practice on business law and business litigation.
In 2017 and 2018, Jeff was named to the Florida Legal Elite roster. The select lawyers on this prestigious list represent fewer than 1.5% of active Florida Bar members. Jeff has also been selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers® magazine each year from 2013-2017, an honor based upon peer review reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys under age 40.
Jeff represents clients in complex business and civil litigation cases...
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Jason M. Melton
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSt Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment, Criminal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
The Catholic University of America
Attorney Jason M. Melton, is a founding partner of Whittel & Melton. As a former state prosecutor, he continues fighting for victims bringing in some of the largest single event results in Central Florida.
Jason is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million and Million Dollar Advocates Forum, AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and continues to be listed among SuperLawyers in Florida by Thomson Reuters. He is a Founding Member of the National Academy of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers, and in 2023 was named President.
Attorney Melton is dedicated to providing clients with personalized, high-quality representation. We handle Auto Accidents, Slip and Fall, Injury, Nursing...
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R. Michael Pierro Jr.
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Employment
Texas Tech University School of Law
R. Michael Pierro, Jr. ("Mike") is a Florida Bar Board Certified labor and employment attorney based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is one of only 5 lawyers in St. Petersburg holding the distinction of Board certification in the area of labor and employment law. He represents both employers and employees. Mike is also a certified Florida circuit civil and federal court mediator. With over 20 years of litigation experience, Mike is well-suited to effectively mediate employment-related disputes. Mike welcomes the opportunity to discuss your employment matter.
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James Roscoe Tanner
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
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Suffolk University Law School
I'm Attorney Jim Tanner, of Tampa, Florida 813-322-3565. I've been a trial attorney for 36 years. I was born and raised right here in Tampa FL. The very night I graduated from High School I was selected as the third draft choice nationwide by the Detroit Tigers Baseball organization.
During the baseball off-season, I went to work in the insurance industry as a salesman where I earned top-level management as the youngest executive sales and marketing director in the nation.
After earning my BA from the University of South Florida, I began my legal...
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Mitchell Feldman
Tampa, FL Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
Mitchell Lloyd Feldman Esq. experienced trial lawyer, 23 years litigation experience.
For over 2 decades, MITCHELL LLOYD FELDMAN, ESQ., has been a civil litigator, who has worked on the defense and the plaintiff side of cases. Over the last 10 years, Mr. Feldman has focused his practice representing employees and individuals in personal injury, workers' comp and employment claims. Mr. Feldman’s bench and jury trial experience includes cases involving the following: Wage and hour claims, personal injuries and automobile accidents, workers’ compensation, Employment Contracts and Whistleblower Actions, and one criminal case. Mr. Feldman has handled...
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Sean Lopez
Saint Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Stetson University College of Law
Sean Lopez founded Lopez Law Group Accident Injury Attorneys to provide client-centered legal representation to all accident victims. Mr. Lopez is an experienced St. Petersburg personal injury lawyer serving clients throughout South Florida.
Mr. Lopez represents victims in all types of personal injury cases involving injuries resulting from the negligent or intentional actions of other parties. He handles claims involving car accidents, product liability, slip & fall accidents, and more. Over his career, he has secured millions of dollars in injury compensation for hundreds of accident victims.
Mr. Lopez and Lopez Law Group often accept clients who get turned down by other...
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Marc J. Wolfson
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Divorce and Family
Stetson University College of Law
Marc Wolfson is a business litigator who came to the law after careers in business and the military, and brings that experience to bear in his work. Litigators often see businesses at their most precarious, when their leadership may face business-crippling financial or legal rulings. As a former entrepreneur, he understands what these consequences mean to you, and he’s committed to finding creative legal solutions that help you not only stay in business, but thrive. He is committed to providing vigorous representation while retaining the personalized service Heller Law strives for.
After finishing high school in Hillsborough County, Marc joined the...
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Joseph A. Corsmeier
Clearwater, FL Employment Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Administrative, Legal Malpractice and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Joseph A. Corsmeier is an "AV" rated attorney practicing in Clearwater, Florida. He concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of defense of attorney disciplinary matters before The Florida Bar, attorney admission matters before the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, and professional license and disciplinary matters before the Boards of the State of Florida. He provides expert analysis and opinion on conflict of interest and other attorney disqualification and legal malpractice issues and he testified as an expert in the Florida courts.
Mr. Corsmeier served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit from 1986 to 1990 where...
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David Linesch
Palm Harbor, FL Employment Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Employment and Civil Rights
David J. Linesch was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1956 and received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor Degrees from The Ohio State University. While at Ohio State, David was President of Phi Alpha Theta (History Honorary), President of the Ohio State History Forum and Vice President of the Student Council for the College of Humanities. Mr. Linesch has practiced Labor and Employment Law since 1982 and has the distinction of being one of only a few practitioners with experience representing both employers and employees in labor and employment matters. Mr. Linesch has extensive trial experience before various...
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Christopher Leo Petruccelli
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
CHRISTOPHER L. PETRUCCELLI was born in Tampa, Florida on March 8, 1969. Mr. Petruccelli has lived in the Tampa Bay area all of his life with the exception of the time period for his law studies in Lansing, Michigan.
Mr. Petruccelli graduated from the University of South Florida in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology. Following his lifelong ambition, he attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School receiving his Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) in 1996.
Upon his return to the Tampa Bay area in 1996, Mr. Petruccelli joined the law firm of Fox &...
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Maria Kazouris
Tarpon Springs, FL Employment Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Maria is a native of Tarpon Springs, Florida and a graduate of Tarpon Springs High School. She also attended secondary school at the St. Nicholas Greek School where she was honored as a Lady's Philoptohos Fellowship recipient. She is bilingual in Greek.
Maria received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida with a 3.86 GPA. She received her Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut. Maria received honors for Academic Achievement in Juvenile Law, Service to the Community and the Connecticut Title Insurance Company.
Initially, Maria was a law clerk for...
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Christopher Leifer
TAMPA, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Tulane University School of Law and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Christopher K. Leifer is the founding shareholder of the firm. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin and his Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School. Mr. Leifer is admitted to practice before all Florida state courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
Mr. Leifer focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment law; including unpaid wage issues, unpaid overtime, improper paycheck deductions, retaliatory discharge and non-compete...
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Wilfried Hermann Florin
Palm Harbor, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Stetson University College of Law
Wil H. Florin was born in Salzburg, Austria and raised in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He received his B.A. from Ball State University. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law in 1980. Wil was recently selected to serve a four (4) year term as a member of the Stetson University Board of Trustees. In addition, he is serving his second three (3) year term as a member of the Stetson University College of Law Board of Overseers.
In October 2018, Wil became only the 89th inductee to the Stetson University College of Law’s Hall of Fame in the...
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Patrick Cremeens
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and Collections
Florida Coastal School of Law
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Mr. Dale M Rodriguez
Tampa, FL Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Employment, Administrative, Civil Rights and Immigration
I have practiced law continuously since 1993, focusing almost exclusively on the employment relationship. I am admitted to practice law in Florida (Florida Bar) and Texas (State Bar of Texas). I am also admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal courts with jurisdiction in Florida and Texas. Since year 2000, I have been Board Certified, Labor & Employment Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I am a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
I attended the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida, and graduated with a undergraduate Bachelor of Arts...
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John Eamon Johnson
Tampa, FL Employment Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and IP
University of South Carolina - Columbia
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Michael Paul Beltran
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and White Collar Crime
Michael Beltran is an experienced and aggressive litigator who has been working in various capacities in the legal industry for more than a decade. Attorney Beltran has dedicated his career to developing the skills and experience necessary to render top-notch advocacy for his clients in all of their litigation matters.
Attorney Beltran graduated from Harvard Law School and was previously associated with two of the world’s most feared litigation firms, Paul Weiss and Boies Schiller. Between his associations with those firms, Attorney Beltran clerked for a well-respected federal judge in Florida. Having handled litigation matters from both sides...
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Ben Cristal
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Employment, Business, Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
Protecting Florida's Employers for more than 20 years
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Bradley Abraham Tobin
Tampa, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
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Craig Berman
Saint Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
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Bonnie Riggens
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
(727) 898-1401
146 2nd Street North
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St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Employment and Business
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Bruce Arthur Plesser
Gulfport, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Employment, Criminal, Foreclosure Defense and Personal Injury
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Phyllis J Towzey
Saint Petersburg, FL Employment Law Attorney
Edwin D Selby
Largo, FL Employment Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Bankruptcy and Business
University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Jeffrey Alan Albinson
Clearwater, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Employment, Business and Legal Malpractice
William John Gadd
Clearwater, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment and Immigration
West Virginia University College of Law
Charles Edwin Lykes
Clearwater, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and IP
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Thomas Keating Corwin
St. Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
10560 Dr M.L.K. Jr St N
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Business
Texas Tech University School of Law
John Phillip Martin
Clearwater, FL Employment Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Employment, Civil Rights, Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice
Stetson University College of Law
Carla Louise Turner-Hahn
St Petersburg, FL Employment Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Health Care
Stetson University College of Law
