Previous Law Firm Name

• Adria Lynn Silva

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Law Firm Overview

Ms. Silva is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Miami School of Law. Ms. Silva began her legal career in April 1998 with Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc. in Immokalee, Florida, representing migrant farm workers in employment discrimination cases and cases brought under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Ms. Silva has been in private practice since 2001 representing employees in Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases and in employment discrimination cases, including discrimination based on age; gender; national origin; race; religion; sexual orientation; family status; marital status; pregnancy; and disability; homeowners and tenants under the Fair Housing Act; customers and patrons in cases of discrimination in places of public accommodation; and students and employees in Title IX gender discrimination and retaliation cases.

Ms. Silva is licensed to practice in United States Supreme Court; the State of Florida; the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Ms. Silva has been on the executive board of the Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association (FL NELA) for five years and is currently serving as President.

The Law Office of Adria Lynn Silva represents employees who are involved in an employer's internal investigation of claims of discrimination or harassment - whether the employee is complaining about discrimination or is a witness. In addition, we represent employees who are attempting to request or negotiate a reasonable accommodation for a disability or who are seeking Family Medical Leave. We also represent homeowners and tenants who are requesting a reasonable accommodation for a disability from their landlords or homeowners association and homeowners who may be the victims of discriminatory lending practices, as well as students and employees in a school or university's internal investigation of claims of gender discrimination or retaliation under Title IX.

Moreover, we represent employees in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR), as well as homeowners and tenants in administrative proceedings before the Department of Housing and urban Development (HUD) and the FCHR; customers and patrons in administrative proceedings before the FCHR; and employees and students in Title IX administrative proceedings before the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).

Finally, we represent employees, homeowners and tenants, customers and patrons, and students in litigation and at the appellate level.

The Law Office of Adria Lynn Silva, L.L.C. will review  Title IX and customer discrimination cases statewide, including: Naples, Ft. Myers; Tallahassee; Gainesville; Tampa; Orlando; and Miami.

Areas of Practice

• Customer/Patron Discrimination (Public Accommodation Discrimination)
• Employment Discrimination-Employee
• Fair Housing/Housing Discrimination-Homeowner-Tenant
• Family Medical Leave-Employee
• Title IX-Employee/Student

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Investigations, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Gay & Lesbian Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Student Rights, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Supreme Court