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Attorney Profiles

Ellen M. Leibovitch | Email

Ellen Leibovitch focuses her practice on labor and employment law counseling and litigation, as well as commercial and business litigation. She has achieved Board Certification in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar. Ms. Leibovitch has substantial jury and bench trial experience, trying cases at the state, federal and agency levels in the areas of theft of trade secrets, injunctive relief, overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, defamation, gender discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, ERISA, racial discrimination, religious discrimination, sexual harassment and breach of partnership and other contracts. She is also skilled in drafting, analyzing and evaluating employment, non-compete, confidentiality, severance, separation and other employment-related agreements. 

Over the years, Ms. Leibovitch has made numerous presentations to clients and organizations on employment-related topics, including records retention requirements for employers, the ins and outs of the Fair Labor Standards Act, how to develop and implement policies against harassment and discrimination, how to recognize and prevent harassment in the work place and how to investigate and remedy complaints of harassment and discrimination. Additionally, Ms. Leibovitch has made presentations to business clients on topics such as how to complete contracts to ensure enforceability, how to compete without tortiously interfering and how to detect and do business with collectible clients.

Ms. Leibovitch is the President of the South Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers. She is also the Co-Chair of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Committee.

Ms. Leibovitch is active in the Labor & Employment Section of The Florida Bar, as well as the "Successful Women in Business" section of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Leibovitch also sits on the Board of Directors of Senior Care Strategies, Inc.

Highlights

Areas of Practice

Labor and Employment

Complex Commercial Litigation

Current Position

Partner

Bar Admissions

Florida.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Florida School of Law, 1986

Bachelor of Arts, University of Florida, 1983

Representative Appellate Cases

Semma v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2868909 (M.D. Fla. 2006)

Winkler v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 1037023 (N.D. Fla. 2006)

Padron v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 196 F. Supp. 2d 1250 (S.D. Fla. 2002)

Lovermi v. BellSouth Mobility, Inc., 962 F. Supp. 136 (S.D. Fla. 1997)

Babbitt Electronics, Inc. v. Dynascan Corp., 828 F. Supp. 944 (S.D. Fla. 1993).

Montenay Power Corp. v. Nairne, 572 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).

Florida East Coast Deliveries, Inc. v. Hernandez, 568 So. 2d 536 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

Montenay Power Corp. v. King, 567 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

Miami Eye Institute, Inc. v. Velasquez, 559 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

General Hotel & Restaurant Supply Corp. v. Skipper, 514 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Representative Clients

Danone Foods, Inc.

Automotive Warranty Solutions

Carpenter Electric, Inc.

Beta Construction

Virtual Imaging, Inc.

General Data Kommunications Network

Commercial Interior Contractors, Inc.

America's Dust Busters, Inc.

F4W, Inc (Freedom from Wireless).

First Warranty Notification Corp.

Here's Help.

Overflow Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Shana Chase, DVM.

Switchboard of Miami.

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Florida Bar, Labor and Employment Section

Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)

Chapter President of South Palm Beach County Chapter of FAWL

Co-Chair of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Committee

Successful Women in Business - Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors - Senior Care Strategies, Inc.

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