Scott Thomas Fortune
Member
Email: SFortune@FortuneLegal.com

Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Personal Injury; Non Compete and Severance Agreements; Executive Contract and Compensation Issues; Labor and Employment; Employee Rights; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Contracts; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Agreements; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination.

Admitted: 1982, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of Florida, J.D., 1981

College: University of Florida, B.S., Journalism, 1978

Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Employment Litigation Section); Jacksonville Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association.

Biography: Board Certified Civil Mediator, The Florida Bar. Volunteer Instructor/Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Regional (Southeast) Deposition Program, 1994-; Panel Speaker, Plaintiff's Perspective, ABA Employment Law Seminar, Naples, Florida, 1991; Volunteer Judge, Mock Trial Competition, Jacksonville Bar Association. Co-Author: "Judicial Disqualification for Bias in Florida: How Real is the Remedy?" Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section Newsletter, 1982; "Unfair Claims Practices and Bad Faith," Florida Bar Automobile Insurance Law Manual, 1983; "Contingent Fees: How Much is Too Much?," ABA Litigation News 1984; Instructor, Florida Bar Justice Teaching Program, 2007-. (Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)

Reported Cases: Kara v. Florida Public Utilities, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8776 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 6, 2008); Lewis v. Michaels Stores, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50506, (M.D. Fla. July 12, 2007); Reilly v. Duval County Pub. Schools, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79499 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 31, 2006); Williams v. Consolidated City of Jacksonville, 341 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 2003); reh. denied, 381 F.3d 1298 (11th Cir. 2004) (en banc); cert. denied., 125 S.Ct. 1399 (2005); Thomas v. Dillard Department Stores, 116 F.3d 1432 (11th Cir. 1997); Vance v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 983 F. 2d 1573 (11th Cir. 1993) cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1155 (1995); and Reynolds v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 115 F.3d 860 (11th Cir. 1997); vacated, remanded, 524 U.S. 947 (1998); Rease v. Anheuser Busch, Inc., 644 So. 2d 1383 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Stow v. National Merchandise Co., 610 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992); Federal Ins. Co. v. Norris, 543 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Norris v. Federal Ins. Co., 537 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Evering v. Smithwick, 526 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

Born: Miami, Florida

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