Fort Lauderdale Employment & Labor Law Defense Attorneys
Mr. Mavrick has extensive experience in representing businesses who have legal issues with their employees. His extensive experience includes counseling businesses when employees threaten claims against the businesses, file claims with the EEOC against their former employers, or file lawsuits alleging businesses did not comply with the law. Mr. Mavrick has practiced law for 18 years. His employment law practice initially involved representation of employees only. Mr. Mavrick’s practice evolved to representation of employers in various labor/employment law cases and counseling businesses in the protection of their interests and compliance with the law. Mr. Mavrick has the highest peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, of AV. He also has a rating of 9.8 out of 10 from lawyer rating service AVVO.
Mr. Mavrick has extensive and successful trial experience in both federal and state courts and agencies. This includes trial victories on behalf of employers in connection with wage claims, alleged employer taxation claims, and non-competition covenant claims. Mr. Mavrick has succeeded in obtaining dismissal of employment discrimination lawsuits against businesses and in obtaining dismissal of overtime and other wage claims on legal grounds. He also has been able to persuade plaintiffs’ attorneys and their clients to refrain from filing threatened claims because the facts and law render the claims meritless. Mr. Mavrick also has been able to negotiate favorable resolutions of claims for businesses, saving employers from the cost and time of litigation. Mr. Mavrick has extensive experience and success in representing employers against unemployment compensation claims.
Mr. Mavrick has regularly advised businesses with important problems with their employees. For example, Mr. Mavrick advises Human Resources departments considering employee demotions and terminations, and compliance with the law. Mr. Mavrick has extensive knowledge involving federal employment laws, including anti-discrimination laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act, statutes governing polygraph examination of employees, laws governing the payment of wages, and other laws governing employer-employee relations. Many of these situations require not only knowledge of the laws, but also good judgment based on experience and understanding of people and the likely viewpoint of the court system if it were involved in the dispute. Mr. Mavrick is very responsive to employer needs for prompt and effective service.
Mr. Mavrick graduated with honors from Harvard Law School in 1992. He was awarded entry to Phi Beta Kappa.
