Cathy M Stutin

Employment Discrimination and Harassment

Litigation and Trials

Employee Defection and Trade Secrets

Employee Leaves and Accommodations

Corporate Compliance and Governance

Automotive Dealership

Education

Healthcare

Cathy Stutin is a partner in the firm's Fort Lauderdale office where she focuses on helping employers navigate employment claims to successful resolutions and dismissals. In her 30 years of practice in management-side employment law, Cathy has handled individual and class claims under various civil rights statutes, as well as family and medical leave issues, wage hour matters, and restrictive covenants. She has tried cases involving claims for sexual harassment, race, religious and disability discrimination, retaliation, and ERISA violations in state and federal court as well as arbitration.

A significant portion of Cathy’s practice is also devoted to counseling employers on the preventive measures they may take to avoid or reduce employment-related claims, including supervisory training and the development and administration of effective human resources policies and practices.

Cathy is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), as well as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar.

J.D., 1990, magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law

B.A., 1987, summa cum laude, Florida Atlantic University