YVETTE EVERHART
Continuing Legal Education Committee and Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar
ABOUT THE FIRM
Cynthia Sass founded the firm in 1993, and it continues to thrive due to her unwavering dedication to serving clients with excellence and integrity. Sass Law Firm practices solely in the area of labor and employment law, primarily representing employees from both the private and public sectors. Cynthia Sass is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics and received the designation 2017 Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law – Individuals for Tampa from Best Lawyers®. The firm is recognized at the national level by its inclusion in the U.S. News & World Report listing of Best Law Firms for Employment Law since 2011.
Sass Law Firm boasts award-winning attorneys experienced and recognized in the employment law field, including: two attorneys Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by The Florida Bar; a Fellow of The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers; three past Presidents of the National Employment Lawyers Association’s Florida Chapter; a past Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar; and several magna cum laude and cum laude graduates. Each attorney was hand-selected based upon their intelligence, legal skills, knowledge of employment law, and a sincere desire to help individuals who have suffered injustice in the workplace. The firm also has an excellent support staff, including a certified paralegal, three legal assistants, office manager and case clerks to serve our clients.
in the Workplace
- Discrimination
- Defamation
- FMLA and USERRA
- Harassment
- Hostile Work Environment
- OSHA Violations
- Retaliation
- Tortious Interference
- Wrongful Termination
- Whistleblower Retaliation
Wage and Hour Issues
- Equal Pay
- Unemployment
- Unfair Labor Practices
- Unpaid Bonuses
- Unpaid Commissions
- Unpaid Overtime
- Unpaid Wages
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
- Breach of Contract
- Compensation Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Employment Agreements
- Non-Competition Contracts
- Non-compete Provisions
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Separation Agreements
- Severance Packages
- Trade Secret Agreements
Super Lawyers Award- AV Preeminent Award
Cynthia Sass and Sass Law Firm Employee
Lawdragon 2019 Cynthia Sass 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
Super Lawyer Award
Avvo Client’s Choice Award
Super Lawyers Award
Super Lawyers Award
Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Top 50 Women
2018 Best Business Winner
2018 TAMPA Magazine
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Yvette Everhart will speak at the 20th Labor and Employment Law Annual Update and Certification Review in February 2020. She will discuss the procedural law for federal and Florida equal employment opportunity laws. This annual event is sponsored by The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Labor and Employment Law Section.
CYNTHIA SASS
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Regional Conference
Cynthia Sass will be speaking on the topic The Intersection of Employment Law and Criminal Law at the upcoming College of Labor and Employment Lawyers’ Regional Programming Committee event in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her presentation will provide practitioners with guidance on how to identify and handle employee and employer criminal activity in the workplace, such as claims of employee theft or embezzlement, employees viewing pornography on employer’s devices and employer’s illegal activity such as fraud on the government. It will also discuss best practices and ethical considerations for addressing these issues.
CYNTHIA SASS
Midwinter Meeting of the Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee
Cynthia Sass will participate in a panel discussion on The Impact of AI, Automation and Robotics in the Workplace at the upcoming Midwinter Meeting of the Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee of the American Bar Association in Puerto Rico. The panel will focus on how automation, AI, and robotics’ performance of worker tasks raise significant questions about workplace transition and employee dislocation, and address what stakeholders should focus on to capitalize on opportunities and to meet the challenges to come.
YVETTE EVERHART
The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section
Yvette Everhart will moderate a segment on practicing before the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity—Reemployment Assistance, the agency responsible for administering unemployment benefits at the upcoming Practice Before State Labor & Employment Agencies seminar scheduled for March 2020 in Tallahassee. The seminar is sponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar. Yvette is among several distinguished speakers at this event.
Cynthia Sass will again serve as the Regional Editor for the Southeast states of Florida, Georgia North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia when the American Bar Association and Bloomberg BNA publishes the 2019 Supplement to Employment at Will, A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition.
Additionally, Yvette Everhart and Cynthia Sass will be co-authoring the Florida chapter of the 2019 Employment at Will, A State-by-State Survey Supplement.
CYNTHIA SASS
ABA TIPS Book
Cynthia Sass wrote a chapter about Discovery and Deposing the Alleged Harasser and Defense Witnesses: Plaintiff’s Perspective for a new TIPS book, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation: A Practical Guide for Plaintiff and Defense, released in April 2019 by the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. With sexual harassment and retaliation claims on the rise, the book offers critical background and best practices for attorneys representing both Plaintiff Employees and Defendant Employers to successfully litigate these difficult claims.
AMANDA BIONDOLINO
Whistleblower Article
Amanda Biondolino’s article, Recent Developments in Florida Public Whistleblower Law, was published in the November/December 2019 issue of Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Lawyer magazine.
Committees
2019-2020
Cynthia Sass is Emeritus Employee Co-Chair for the 14th Annual Section Conference Planning Committee of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association in 2020. Ms. Sass is also serving as a member of the 2020 Annual 11th Circuit Regional Program Planning Committee of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. At the state level, Cynthia remains a member of the Executive Council of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar. Locally, Cynthia Sass is a member of the Lawyers for the Arts Committee of the Tampa Museum of Art.
Yvette Everhart remains a member of the Executive Council and is Co-Chair of the Website Subcommittee of the Communications Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar. Ms. Everhart is also a member of its Law School Liaison Committee.
Janet Wise will serve as Vice Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Certification Committee, a Standing Committee of The Florida Bar for the 2019-2020 term. She also continues to serve on the Advisory Council of the Ethics and Sanctions Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association.
Amanda Biondolino will serve as Co-Chair of the Labor & Employment Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association for the 2019-2020 term.