Santoro, Joseph G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Year Joined Organization: 2002

Lawyer Overview

Joseph Santoro is a shareholder who joined the firm in 2002.

Areas of Practice

• Labor and Employment Section
• United States District Court
• Southern District of Florida
• Middle District of Florida

Representative Cases

• Phillips v. Corporate Express Office Products, Inc., 800 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Government Agencies & Programs, Real Estate Law, Family Law, Estate Planning

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2007 - 2008 (Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Division)
• South Palm Beach County Bar Association
• The Florida Bar (Labor and Employment Section)
• City of North Palm Beach (Fire Rescue Volunteer)
• Chamber of Commerce of The Palm Beaches, 2008 - 2010 (Board Member)

Honors and Awards

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• One of Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite” for 2008 in the Area of Labor and Employment Law, 2008 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, What to Expect from the New Administration (Boca Raton, Fl.), April 25, 2001
• Speaker, The New Economy's Mobile Work Force and Legal Issues for Managing in a Crisis (Boca Raton, Fl.), November 28, 2001
• Speaker: "Employment Law Issues for the Diverse Workplace", 2003
• Speaker: " Preventing Harrassment and Discrimination in the Workplace", 2003 - 2004
• Speaker: "Establishing and Refuting Damage Claims in Employment Cases, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2004
• “Immigration Reform,”, Economic Forum of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL, 2006 - Present
• “Non-Competes and Trade Secrets,”, Lorman Education Services, West Palm Beach, FL, 2006 - Present
• “Immigration Legislation,”, North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 2007 - Present

Education

• Nova Southeastern Law University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1998
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Chief Advocate: Moot Court Honor Society, 1997-1998
  Law Journal: Journal of International and Comparative Law
• University of Central Florida, 1994
  B.A.

Published Works

• “Time Off to Reflect on the Family and Medical Leave Act,”, Briefly…Perspectives on Legislation, Regulation, and Litigation, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 2001

Address

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6194

Phones

(800) 749-1980
(561) 655-1980

Faxes

561-655-5677

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