- Practices
- Areas of Law
- Labor, employment, employee benefits
- Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA)
- Arbitration
- COBRA
- Civil rights
- Contracts
- DOL compliance
- Disability Discrimination & Accommodation (ADA)
- Discipline and discharge
- Discrimination claims (Title VII, ADEA)
- Downsizing and layoffs
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Employment contracts & independent contractors
- FLSA issues
- Family and Medical Leave
- Handbooks and policies
- Hiring procedures
- Internal investigations, mediation, arbitration
- Non-competition, confidentiality, and trade secrets
- Recordkeeping
- Reduction in force compliance and defense
- Retaliation and whistleblower claims
- Sexual harassment
- Training programs
- Wage and hour
- Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification Act
- Wrongful termination
- Construction contracts and disputes, defects litigation
- Business litigation, family business issues
- D & O responsibilities
- Health care fraud and abuse, civil and criminal
- Deceptive trade practices
- Fiduciary duty
- Financial fraud
- Personal injury
- Shareholder derivative actions
- Tort Defense litigation
“I aggressively pursue all available options to bring the quickest, most rewarding resolution to my clients' disputes. My clients count on me to act as their trusted legal advisor and assist them in making informed legal decisions that affect them in business and personally.”
Michael T. Landen, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Michael focuses his practice on commercial litigation and labor and employment law. Within this focus he has represented clients in manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, education and retail entities.
“Clients want the peace of mind to attend to their personal and business matters while knowing that their legal matters are being managed proactively in their best interest. I provide my clients that critical piece of mind that allows them to do what they do best without worrying about whether their case is being properly managed.”
Michael has been recognized by his peers as among the top 2% of lawyers in South Florida in the South Florida Business Journal's "The Best of the Bar" and the 2007 Florida Trend's "Legal Elite."
From Michael’s Case Files
Helping Defeat Goliath: As a young lawyer, I had a tremendous opportunity to work with Alan Kluger on a great "David versus Goliath" type case. We represented a business owner who was wronged by a huge international company in connection with the sale of her business. We took the case through trial, where it ended with a great settlement for our client. We worked effectively and aggressively on behalf of our client to get her everything she deserved. It's nice to be able to right the wrongs of the business world when you can, as we did in that case.
Education
- Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D., 1998
- Nova Law Review
- University of Florida, B.S., 1994
Bar Admissions & Memberships
- Florida, 1999
- U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida
Noteworthy
- "Legal Elite," Florida Trends magazine, 2007, 2008
- "The Best of the Bar," South Florida Business Journal
- Nova Southeastern University Law Review, 1997-1998
- Who's Who Among American Law Students
