Adelson joins Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck as employment practices liability partner in its Florida office

Ft. Lauderdale, FL According to Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), Lori Adelson has joined the firm as an employment practices liability (EPL) partner. Adelson, with 15 years of experience litigating employment, labor and business issues, will be director of KDV’s Florida Employment and Labor Law Practice Group and will help build KDV’s EPL platform in the Southeast.     

Adelson’s practice focuses on employment defense matters including discrimination and harassment, and wage and hour compliance and class and collective action litigation. She also focuses on proactive compliance, risk management, human resources policies and procedures, compensation and benefits, employee hiring, discipline and discharge, internal investigations, governmental investigations and audits, discrimination, harassment, retaliation avoidance, non-compete and other employment-related matters in state and federal court. Adelson also represents condominiums in ADA, FHA, discrimination, wage, and other employment issues.

Prior to joining Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, Adelson was the founding member of Adelson Law Firm in Ft. Lauderdale, FL with a practice dedicated to employment and business litigation matters, including Title VII, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans With Disabilities Act (including ADA web access cases), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance, restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements. Before that, she was a labor and employment partner at Arnstein & Lehr LLP in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and of counsel at Ruden McClosky P.A. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

“Lori’s tremendous employment litigation experience will be a key component as KDV builds its EPL practice in the Southeast,” said Michael Kaufman, co-managing partner of KDV. “She will be a great asset to our firm not only in Florida, but nationwide as she works within one of KDV’s hallmark practices.”

“The firm’s strong local and national platforms were attractive to me and I look forward to helping expand KDV’s Florida presence by bringing my labor and employment practice to the firm,” said Adelson. “It is expected that in 2017 FLSA wage and hour litigation will once again take center stage. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the viability of arbitration waivers, and, with a change in the administration in Washington, we will be keeping a look out for legislation concerning FLSA overtime rules and collective and class actions.”

Adelson earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the Maurice A. Dean School of Law at Hofstra University. She is admitted to practice in Florida and New York, is a member of the Executive Council for the ADR section at the Florida Bar Association and Labor & Employment Law Section co-chair at the Broward County Bar Association. She is on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Broward County, Attorney’s Division chair and Advisory Board Member of Riverwalk Trust Fort Lauderdale.

“It has been a terrific week for KDV both locally and nationally,” said Gregg Breitbart, managing partner of KDV’s Florida offices and co-chair of the KDV Financial Services Practice Group.  “We are thrilled to introduce Lori’s EPL capabilities to our clients and expand on KDV’s strong regional reputation for our work in securities regulatory and enforcement matters and securities litigation. That reputation was bolstered this week with the addition of the Baugh Dalton law firm in Chicago, significantly enhancing our nationwide financial services platform.”

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP is a leading national law firm serving the insurance and business communities in a number of key practice areas. Its seasoned litigators and legal practitioners place clients first, think like business people, and provide viable and innovative solutions that offer clients the best resolution possible. Headquartered in Woodbury, New York (Long Island), KDV serves its global clientele with additional offices in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale and Chicago.