Aaron L. Zandy

Partner, Orlando Office

300 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1300
Orlando, Florida 32801

P: 407-418-2304
F: 407-418-2327
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Aaron Zandy is a Board Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law who represents employers and management in all areas of traditional labor and employment law. Aaron is an experienced trial lawyer, having tried a variety of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under federal and state law. He also has extensive traditional labor law experience, including collective bargaining, union campaigns, and labor arbitrations. As a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Aaron provides around-the-clock, proactive, and common sense counseling and guidance to employers on every aspect of the employer-employee relationship. As a highly acclaimed and recognized speaker, teacher, and trainer, he regularly provides high-intensity, high-content seminars and classes for human resources professionals and managers.

Recent Experience*

  • Defended national staffing company in a sex harassment and retaliation case.
  • Provided union-free training for 250 managers for a prominent health care company.
  • Assisted multi-national corporation with protecting confidential and proprietary information through complex trade secrets litigation.
  • Represented public-sector employer in a unique sex harassment, retaliation, and whistle-blower case.
  • Defended large federal contractor in a religious discrimination/failure to accommodate case.

Recent Publications

  • "You're Fired For Poor Performance - Despite What Those Evaluations Say," HR Florida Review, Fall 2008
  • Ford & Harrison's Wage and Hour Manual, Co-Author and Editor

Honors and Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America – Labor and Employment Law
  • "Florida's Legal Elite" by Florida Trend magazine
  • "Best of the Bar" by the Orlando Business Journal
  • "Best Lawyer" by Florida Monthly magazine
  • "Florida Rising Star" by Law & Politics magazine
  • AV® Preeminent 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.

Education

Ohio Northern University College of Law
J.D., with honors, 1997
St. Bonaventure University
B.A., cum laude, 1994

Bar Admissions

Florida

Court Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Practice Areas

ADA Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) Arbitration COBRA Collective Bargaining/Contract Negotiations Employment Law Fair Credit Reporting Act FMLA Harassment Human Resource Audits Labor Union Organizing (NLRB) Layoffs/Plant Closings Litigation Management Training National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Restrictive Covenants Retaliation Temporary Staffing Trade Secrets and Noncompetes Unfair Labor Practices USERRA Wage and Hour/FLSA Whistleblower Wrongful Termination

Industries

Airlines Banking and Finance Communications Defense and Government Contractors Education Food and Beverage Healthcare Investment Companies Logistics and Distribution Real Estate Retail Security Telecommunications Trucking and Transportation

Memberships

American Bar Association
 
Florida Bar Association
 
Orange County Bar Association
 
Society for Human Resource Management
 
Central Florida Human Resources Association
 
North Central Florida Human Resources Association