About

Provided by Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Stearns Weaver Miller provides employers with practical, business-focused labor and employment law counseling. We also advocate on behalf of employers in all types of litigation and administrative proceedings in federal and state court, arbitration and before administrative tribunals and regulatory agencies.

We work with clients to train managers and employees on employment law compliance, A/I and technology usage, manage leaves of absence, audit employment practices, ensure wage-and-hour compliance, and draft employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, separation agreements, and employee handbooks. We help protect trade secrets, realign workforces, and comply with federal, state, and local non-discrimination laws. We also conduct workplace investigations.

We also support clients in all union-related matters, including organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, arbitrations, union elections, and defending against unfair labor practice charges.

We also advise on immigration matters, such as temporary and permanent employment-based visas, I-9 compliance, and government audits and inspections.

Clients include employers of all sizes across a range of industries— automobile, airline, transportation, pharmaceutical, technology, healthcare, agriculture, cruise lines, real estate, hospitality, retail, manufacturing, banking, financial, education, arts, professional sports, and law firms.

Chambers Review

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Labor & Employment - Florida

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What the Team is Known For

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. operates as part of a full-service firm with the ability to pull in assistance from a broad range of departments. Offers counseling and litigation to companies with an emphasis on preventive maintenance, including an annual seminar for human resources employees and a significant amount of supervisory in-house training. Represents clients from a wide array of industry areas including life sciences, sports and transportation, both regionally and nationally.

Work Highlights

  • Stearns Weaver Miller represented hotels, restaurants, high-end country clubs, farms, financial institutions, air and aerospace and retail establishments in workers’ compensation retaliation, FMLA retaliation, race discrimination and whistleblower claims litigation and compliance issues.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Robert Turk
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Robert Turk
Head of Labor & Employment
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Robert Turk is held in high regard for his expert representation of employers in the full range of labor and employment disputes, including EEOC proceedings.

Robert is always very interested in each case and tries to find the best solution for us.

Ingrid Ponce
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Ingrid Ponce
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Ingrid Ponce's practice runs the full gamut of labor and employment disputes.

Ingrid is communicative, engaged, and invested in our success.

She is great at distilling information and gets to the nitty gritty without inundating me.

Ingrid is a go to for any kind of question she is incredibly well vested in L&E law and is very practical coming up with common sense ideas and solutions.

Lisa Berg
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Lisa Berg
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Lisa Berg is a highly sought-after counselor for national employers on a range of issues, including employment policies, agreements, compliance and litigation avoidance.

Lisa is very professional and a total expert on her matter.

Lisa is very hardworking and pleasant to work with and she does a great job of keeping everyone on task.

She is good at helping us, doing her own research and has her ear to the ground on issues.

Eric K. Gabrielle
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Eric K. Gabrielle
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Eric Gabrielle's wide-ranging experience includes handling labor and employment litigation as well as day-to-day counseling.
Paul Crucet
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Paul Crucet
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Up and Coming

Paul Crucet is experienced in labor relations matters. He regularly advises employers in collective bargaining agreement negotiations and NLRB proceedings.

Paul is very responsive to our requests for assistance and conducts himself with a high degree of professionalism.

Paul Crucet shows genuine care for his customers, along with his extensive knowledge and experience in labor and employment matters, combined with a high sense of urgency and attention to detail.

Ranked Lawyers at
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

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Labor & Employment

Robert Turk
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Robert Turk
Head of Labor & Employment
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Band 1
Ingrid Ponce
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Ingrid Ponce
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Band 2
Lisa Berg
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Lisa Berg
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Band 3
Eric K. Gabrielle
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Eric K. Gabrielle
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Band 4
Paul Crucet
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Paul Crucet
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Up and Coming

Members

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Andrew McLaughlin

Andrew Rodman

Eric Roth

Giselle Gutierrez

Glenn Rissman

Lisa Berg

Melanie Leitman

Paul Crucet

Rene Ruiz

Robert Turk

Robert Turk

Head of Department

Sharon Quinn Dixon

Stephanie Turk

Thomas Raine