Deborah L La Fleur

Practice Areas

Labor and Employment

OSHA

Trade Secret

Noncompete and Unfair Competition

Cannabis Industry

Insurance Defense

Religious Organizations

Professional Memberships

The Florida Bar, Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law

State Bar of Michigan

Orange County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee

Federal Bar Association

Society for Human Resource Management Member

Academy of Florida Management Attorneys Member

Publications

“Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN),” The Florida Bar 25th Labor and Employment Law Annual Update and Certification Review, January 16-17, 2025

“Union Awareness,” ABC Central Florida Training and Development Seminar, October 17, 2024

“Navigating the 2023 Labor and Employment Law Landscape: What Employers Should Know,” GrayRobinson Labor and Employment Webinar, June 15, 2023

GrayRobinson’s 24th Annual Employment Law Seminar, May 5, 2022

“Top 10 Hits’ Avoid Employee Lawsuits,” ABC Central Florida, September 22, 2021

GrayRobinson’s 23rd Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 1, 2021

“Update on Federal COVID-19 Employment and Business Programs,” Seminole County Chamber and the Apopka Area Chamber, April 15, 2020

Experience

Deborah La Fleur provides sophisticated representation for clients managing the full range of labor and employment law issues. Her employer-focused practice includes day-to-day preventative counseling and training, strategic workforce planning, workplace investigations, claims disputes, and litigation. Deborah collaborates with private and public employers throughout Florida across a variety of sectors. She has developed a particular expertise in handling employment-related issues in the health care sphere, representing hospitals and health systems, physician groups, and assisted living facilities.

Deborah helps clients stay abreast of evolving labor and employment laws to remain in compliance, identify risk, manage costs, and protect business interests. Her preventative consulting includes preparation of employment handbooks, policies, and contracts, as well as leadership and team compliance training. Transparency and open communication guide her many long-standing client relationships, and she has decades of experience representing employers in federal and state courts and in front of governmental agencies in connection with all employment-related matters.

A zealous advocate, Deborah’s work is centered around clients needs involving discrimination, wage and hour claims, FLSA, FMLA, noncompetes, ADA, OSHA, constitutional claims, torts, whistleblower litigation, and compliance with the OFCCP. She also represents employers in investigations and in the defense of charges of discrimination before the EEOC, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, Florida’s Division of Worker’s Compensation, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission. On the labor law side, Deborah assists clients with collective bargaining agreements, managing the union election process, and defending against unfair practice charges.

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