Kathryn S. Piscitelli
Attorney
Location:
Lakeland, Florida
Phone:
863-812-4867
866-360-4476 (Toll Free)
866-360-4476 (Toll Free)
Fax:
863-619-8901
E-mail:
Areas of Practice
- Labor Law
- Age Discrimination
- Disability & Illness Discrimination
- Gay & Lesbian Rights
- National Origin Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Affirmative Action
- Discrimination
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Speech
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Affirmative Action -- Employee
- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
- Employee Rights -- Employee
- Employment Contracts -- Employee
- Employment Discrimination -- Employee
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
- Municipal Employment -- Employee
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
- Wrongful Termination -- Employee
- Labor Arbitration
- Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings
- Unfair Labor Practices
- Unions
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
Litigation Percentage
- 70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Labor and Employment Law , Florida Bar, 2001
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1983
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2010
Education
- Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - 1983
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
- B.S.Ed. - 1975
- Major: History
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- M.A. - 1977
- Major: History
Published Works
- The USERRA Manual, Co-Author with Edward Still , West, 2010
- 1996 Guide to Fair Employment Practices, CCH, 1996
- Sexual Harassment Manual for Managers and Supervisors (Co-Author), CCH, 1995
- Civil Rights Act of 1991 Law & Explanation (Co-Author), CCH, 1991
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida: Can State Employees Still Sue in Federal Court?, 47 Lab. L.J. 210 , 1996
- Veterans’ Employment Rights: Keeping in Step with USERRA’s Legion of Changes, 46 Lab. L.J. 387 , 1995
Representative Cases
- Service Employees Int'l Union, Local 16 v. Public Employees Relations Comm , 752 So. 2d 569 (Florida Supreme Court 2000)
- Bass v. Board of County Commissioners, Orange County, Fla., 256 F. 3d 1095 (11th Circuit 2001)
- Freytes-Torres v. City of Sanford, Fla., 2008 WL 763216, 102 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1779 (11th Circuit 2008)
- Strauss v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., 2006 WL 1914219, 88 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) (11th Circuit 2006)
Classes/Seminars
- Litigating Claims Under USERRA, National Employment Lawyers Association, 2010
- Board Certification Review Course, The Florida Bar, 2010
- Representing Servicemembers and Their Families with Leave and Disability Claims,, Co-presented at NELA 2010 Fall Seminar, Oakland, Cal., October 16, 2010
- Litigating Claims Under USERRA, Co-presented at NELA 2010 Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2010
- Winds of Change: New Trends in Sexual Harassment Law at the Eleventh Circuit, Moderator, Florida NELA Webinar, May 26, 2010
- USERRA, Florida Bar 10th Annual Labor & Employment Law Certification Review Course, Orlando, Fla., February 26, 2010
- The Workplace in Wartime: Job Rights of Soldiers and Their Families, Fla. NELA Fall Conference, St. Petersburg, Fla., September 5, 2009
- Trying a USERRA Case, Co-presented at NELA 2008 Annual Convention, June 28, 2008
- Testimony regarding USERRA, hearing on “Protecting American Employees from Workplace Discrimination”, Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Education, Welfare and Pensions, U.S. House of Representatives, February 12, 2008
- Overview on USERRA Claims, American Association for Justice Winter Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 28, 2008
- Nuts & Bolts of USERRA Litigation, Fla. Bar Labor and Employment Law Section seminar, Plantation, Fla., September 8, 2006
- When Jack & Jill Come Home: Representing Veterans in the Workplace, co-presented at 2005 NELA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pa., June 24, 2005
- Veteran Reemployment Rights: What You Need to Know about USERRA, co-presented at Orange County Bar Association seminar, Orlando, Fla., March 2, 2005
- Non- discrimination and Reemployment Rights of Service Members, Florida NELA conference, Cocoa Beach Hilton, Cocoa Beach, Fla., March 23, 2002
- Wage & Hour Survey and Its Dovetailing, Florida NELA conference, Daytona Beach, Fla., January 22, 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Member, 1994 - 2010
- Fla. Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, Member, 1996 - 2010
- Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Legislative & Public Policy Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association, USERRA Leader
- Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association , Past Vice President , 2009 - 2010
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Chair , 2004
Past Employment Positions
- Egan. Lev & Siwica, P.A., Attorney, 1998 - 2008
- CCH , Principal Analyst, HR Product Team, 1994 - 1997
- CCH , Product Group Leader, Employment Law , 1994
- CCH , Manager, Civil Rights Law , 1993 - 1994
- CCH , Assistant Manager, Labor Law , 1991 - 1993
- CCH , Editorial Coordinator, Labor Law , 1990 - 1991
- CCH , Law Editor, Labor Law , 1983 - 1990
