Al McKenna, a Board Certified as a Specialist in Labor and Employment law, represents management in all aspects of employment and labor law since 1983. Al is a traditional labor lawyer with extensive experience with union campaigns, collective bargaining, arbitrations, and hearings and trials before the National Labor Relations Board. Al is also an experienced trial lawyer, having tried discrimination cases and related claims in Florida's state and federal courts. Although Al has represented a broad array of employers in a variety of industries all across America, he has focused his practice on health care and government contractors.
During law school, Al served as an editor of the Law Review. He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on labor and employment law subjects.
Recent Experience*
- Developed and implemented a comprehensive audit and union-free training programs for approximately 14,000 employees of several major health care institutions.
- Litigated arbitration involving termination involving ADA issues for Fortune 500 company.
- Litigated arbitration involving termination of employee following failure to return to work after medical release.
- Litigated arbitration involving contract interpretation of management's right to revise job process and job descriptions.
- Litigated complicated ADA, FMLA, and retaliation federal court case for Fortune 100 company.
Recent Publications
- Ford & Harrison's Wage and Hour Manual, Co-Author and Editor
- Ford & Harrison's Florida Law Supplement to Sourcebook, Chapter on Employment Law Tort Claims, Author
Honors and Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America – Labor and Employment Law
- Leading Florida Attorneys
- "Florida's Legal Elite" by Florida Trend Magazine
- "Best of the Bar" by Orlando Business Journal
- "Florida Super Lawyers" and "Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition" by Law & Politics magazine
- "Best Lawyer" by Florida Monthly magazine
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
*Per Florida Bar rules, information on litigation and other legal successes has not been disclosed but is available upon request.
Ohio Northern University College of Law
J.D., 1983
Pennsylvania State University
B.A., 1980
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Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
ADA
Collective Bargaining/Contract Negotiations
Discrimination
Employment Law
Government Contracts
Labor Relations
Labor Union Organizing (NLRB)
Litigation
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Whistleblower
Wrongful Termination
Healthcare
Hospitality
The Florida Bar
Orange County Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management
American Bar Association
American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association