"Allan H. Weitzman of Proskauer Rose Named President of Academy of Florida Management Attorneys.
BOCA RATONBoca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s.
..... Click the link for more information., Fla. -- Proskauer Rose Founded in 1875, Proskauer Rose, formerly known as Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP, is one of the United States' largest and prestigious law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services to clients throughout the United States and around the world from offices in New LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide, is proud to announce that Allan H. Weitzman, a partner in the Firm's Labor & Employment Law Department, has been elected President of the Academy of Florida Management Attorneys (AFMA AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority
AFMA Australian Financial Markets Association
AFMA American Film Marketing Association (now known simply as AFMA)
AFMA American Furniture Manufacturers Association ). Mr. Weitzman was selected by the membership of the statewide organization, which consists of the preeminent practitioners of labor and employment law on behalf of employers.
"Allan is one of the most esteemed labor and employment attorneys in the state and a valued member of the Firm. Becoming President of the AFMA is a great honor and we congratulate him on this achievement," said Albert W. Gortz, partner and head of Proskauer's Boca Raton office.
The scope of Mr. Weitzman's multifaceted practice includes personnel policy planning, sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. , avoiding litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.
When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. when terminating employees, union election campaigns, and employee benefit plans. He often litigates in state and federal court at the trial and appellate levels and also represents employers before administrative agencies responsible for the enforcement of the numerous antidiscrimination laws and before the National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right . Mr. Weitzman's experience includes negotiating collective bargaining agreements The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. and arbitrating contract disputes and he provides day-to-day and crisis advice to clients in a wide range of businesses including retailers, insurance companies, banks, the securities industry, health care, hotels, television networks, maritime industry, public utilities, a major sports and entertainment arena, beer distributors, manufacturing facilities, and the construction industry.
Mr. Weitzman also represents companies when their former employees engage in conduct that violates their non-compete agreements and took a case - Corporate Express Office Products, Inc. v. Phillips, 2003 WL 1883697 (Fla. April 17, 2003) - to the Supreme Court of Florida and successfully argued that a successor employer can enforce a non-compete agreement signed with a former employer even when the agreement does not contain a successors and assigns clause and where the employees have not assented to its assignment.
Mr. Weitzman is Board-certified by the Florida Bar as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. In 2006, he was named in Chambers in chambers adj. referring to discussions or hearings held in the judge's office, called his chambers.
It is also called "in camera." (See: in camera) USA, a directory of America's leading business lawyers, as a "notable practitioner" who is an "excellent advocate with strong ethics and an unrivalled understanding of business."
He has also been selected by his peers for the 2005-2007 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, the nation's definitive guide to legal excellence, and in 2005-2007 he was listed in Florida Super Lawyers, a magazine featuring the top five percent of attorneys in the state.
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is one of the nation's largest law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to clients throughout the United States and around the world from offices in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Boca Raton, Newark, New Orleans and Paris. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation.
Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, hospitality, information technology, insurance, Internet, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. ""
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No wonder Proskauer Rose Controls the Florida Bar, Gets DUI Favortism, Can Easily Steal Trillion Dollar Patents and Can Get Away... really with Whatever Proskauer Rose Wants...
Proskauer Rose Helped Warner Bros. and others Violate Agreements with Iviewit Technologies... yet turn around and pretend they are representing people who are Wronged ... when "former employees engage in conduct that violates their non-compete agreements" what a Crock That is...
Proskauer Representing cases to the Florida Supreme Court... that's a Good One... Proskauer Rose Law Firm CONTROLS the Florida Supreme Court, PERIOD...
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