Brian Lerner
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Licensed for 22 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Employment & Labor
Language
English
About
I practice in all areas of commercial and corporate litigation, with extensive experience in employment litigation. I have litigated cases at all stages and in all types of forums—including administrative proceedings before government agencies, injunction hearings, bench trials and jury trials in state and federal courts, and final arbitration hearings. I have litigated cases in a number of jurisdictions beyond Florida, including California, Colorado, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and in London, Vienna, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo. I strive to implement strategies designed to achieve the client’s desired results—whether early resolution, aggressive litigation, or resolution by trial. I am rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating.In the employment law area, I regularly represent employers in investigating and defending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges of discrimination and lawsuits alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, collective and class actions alleging wage and overtime violations, and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations, among others. My experience also includes reviewing employment agreements, severance agreements, and other contractual arrangements for executives and other highly skilled employees, auditing employment practices, counseling on workplace issues, and drafting and reviewing comprehensive employment policy manuals to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.My commercial and corporate litigation experience includes representing individuals and corporations in commercial contract disputes involving asset purchase agreements, service agreements, business contracts, or broker agreements; representing owners and contractors in construction litigation; representing corporations and boards of directors in shareholder disputes and securities litigation; and defending products liability claims.
Practices Areas
Litigation
Employment and labor
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
I hired this guy as he was recommended to me by a business associate that is also a lawyer. I looked him up and there are a bunch of glorified summaries of his work online, not many reviews though. I made the mistake to hire him. He showed minimal interest in my case, he did charge me though and once we filed an EEOC complaint, he dumped me as a client and never provided me with a coherent explanation. I guess he thought he could not make enough money off me? Who knows. While he definitely has expert understanding of his field, his ethics are questionable. Why would you take on a case, file and them dump a client? He did provide me with a list of alternative lawyers I could contact. I did contact those lawyers and they were useless, some dealt with insurance claims, accidents etc, the kind of people you see on tv and cringe, they had no employment law experience.
I hired this guy as he was recommended to me by a business associate that is also a lawyer. I looked him up and there are a bunch of glorified summaries of his work online, not many reviews though. I made the mistake to hire him. He showed minimal interest in my case, he did charge me though and once we filed an EEOC complaint, he dumped me as a client and never provided me with a coherent explanation. I guess he thought he could not make enough money off me? Who knows. While he definitely has expert understanding of his field, his ethics are questionable. Why would you take on a case, file and them dump a client? He did provide me with a list of alternative lawyers I could contact. I did contact those lawyers and they were useless, some dealt with insurance claims, accidents etc, the kind of people you see on tv and cringe, they had no employment law experience.
I hired this guy as he was recommended to me by a business associate that is also a lawyer. I looked him up and there are a bunch of glorified summaries of his work online, not many reviews though. I made the mistake to hire him. He showed minimal interest in my case, he did charge me though and once we filed an EEOC complaint, he dumped me as a client and never provided me with a coherent explanation. I guess he thought he could not make enough money off me? Who knows. While he definitely has expert understanding of his field, his ethics are questionable. Why would you take on a case, file and them dump a client? He did provide me with a list of alternative lawyers I could contact. I did contact those lawyers and they were useless, some dealt with insurance claims, accidents etc, the kind of people you see on tv and cringe, they had no employment law experience.
I hired this guy as he was recommended to me by a business associate that is also a lawyer. I looked him up and there are a bunch of glorified summaries of his work online, not many reviews though. I made the mistake to hire him. He showed minimal interest in my case, he did charge me though and once we filed an EEOC complaint, he dumped me as a client and never provided me with a coherent explanation. I guess he thought he could not make enough money off me? Who knows. While he definitely has expert understanding of his field, his ethics are questionable. Why would you take on a case, file and them dump a client? He did provide me with a list of alternative lawyers I could contact. I did contact those lawyers and they were useless, some dealt with insurance claims, accidents etc, the kind of people you see on tv and cringe, they had no employment law experience.