Sacha Dyson
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Labor & Employment
Band 3
About
Provided by Sacha Dyson
Practice Areas
Education
Litigation
Media and First Amendment Law
Religious Organizations
Trade Secret, Noncompete and Unfair Competition
Higher Education
Labor and Employment
Professional Memberships
The Florida Bar
Certification Committee for Labor and Employment Law, Member
Thirteenth Circuit Grievance Committee “A”, Vice Chair
Clients’ Security Fund Committee, Member
Constitutional Judiciary Committee, Vice-Chair
City, County, and Local Government Law Section, Member
The Federalist Society, Tampa Chapter
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Academy of Florida Management Attorneys, Member
Propeller Club, Member
Tampa Bay Inn of Court, Member
Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers, Member
Publications
“Eleventh Circuit Applies Textual Analysis to the Fluctuating Workweek Method,” HBCA Lawyer Magazine, April 1, 2022
“Just Say No: Eleventh Circuit Holds Substitute Teachers Can Be Subject to Suspicionless Drug Testing,” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section, April 2019
Co-Author, “For Whom the Clock Tolls: The Supreme Court Holds Supplemental Jurisdiction Suspends State Statute of Limitations,” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section, June 2018
Co-Author, “The Seventh Circuit Holds that the ADA Is Not a Medical-Leave Entitlement Statute,” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section, March 2018
Co-author, “Middle District of Florida Overhauls Pro Se Resources and Increases Access to the Courts,” 11th Circuit Historical News, Summer 2015
“Practicing to Deceive: Using the Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel to Untangle the Web in Employment Cases, Part II,” The Florida Bar Journal, July/August 2015
“Practicing to Deceive: Using the Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel to Untangle the Web in Employment Cases, Part I,” The Florida Bar Journal, June 2015
“Reading Between the Lines of Lane v. Franks: Is the Court Signaling a Willingness to Recede from Garcetti?” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section, September 2014
“Adventures in Babysitting: The Supreme Court Extends Sarbanes-Oxley Protection to Certain Household Employees and Employees of Contractors,” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section, May 2014
Experience
Sacha, a shareholder in the firm’s Tampa office, is board certified in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar. She represents businesses, governmental entities, and education institutions in labor, employment, education, housing and other civil rights disputes. She is the chair of the Executive Council of the Labor and Employment Section of The Florida Bar as well as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Certification Committee and Clients’ Security Fund Committee of The Florida Bar. Sacha is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in jury trials, labor arbitrations, and administrative hearings as well as served as the chief negotiator for management in collective bargaining negotiations with unions.
Prior to joining GrayRobinson, Sacha served as a law clerk to United States Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder for two years as well as a law clerk for two years to then United States Magistrate Judge Marcia Morales Howard. After Judge Howard was confirmed as a United States District Judge in 2007, Sacha returned to serve as her law clerk for eighteen months. Additionally, Sacha also practiced for 12 years at the top labor and employment boutique in Tampa, Florida.
Education
Stetson University College of Law
J.D.
1998 - 2001
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S.
1995 - 1998