Cathy J. Beveridge has experience in management representation in federal and state discrimination litigation, employee benefits litigation (ERISA), union/management matters, minimum and overtime wage issues, OSHA investigations and general personnel matters.

Presentations

• "Real World FMLA Problems and Solutions," Speaker, Lorman Education Services, March 2008
• "Interaction Between the ADA, FMLA and State Workers' Compensation Laws," Speaker, Florida Occupational Healthcare Nurses Conference, October 2006
• "Employer and Employee Personnel Updates," Florida Collectors Association, Inc., May 5, 2005
• "Compensatory and Punitive Damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991," Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law 22nd Multinational Seminar, June 2004
• "Survey and Analysis of State Law Governing the Existence, Scope and Alleged Breach of an Employees' Duty of Loyalty," Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law 21st Annual Multi-State Labor and Employment Law Seminar, June 2003
• "Moderator, See Ya in Court Boss!" The Florida Bar - Labor & Employment Law Section, Miami, Florida, February 21, 1997
• "Litigating Workplace Violence," Speaker, American Bar Association - Trial Lawyers Division, Orlando, Florida, August 1996
• "Domestic Violence in the Workplace," Domestic Violence in the Workplace Seminar, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 1995
• "Americans With Disabilities Act Legal Update," Florida League of Cities 68th Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, August 1994
• "Where Are We Now? Exploring the Employment Relationship in the New Light of the Chiles and Clinton Administrations, Ethical Considerations for Contacting Corporate Employees," Speaker, The Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Section,  Miami, Florida, February 1994 
• "An Update on Employment Practices - Family and Medical Leave Act," Independent Colleges and Universities in Florida - Human Resources Directors' Association Meeting,  The University of Tampa
• "The ABCs of Small Business Management: Critical Issues for the 1990s," Small Business Development Center, College of Business, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 

Publications

• Employment Litigation Handbook, Second Edition, Editor, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, April 2010
• "A Checklist for Preventing Workplace Violence," Author, ALI-ABA Checklist, Forms and Advice from The Practical Lawyer, March 2000 
• "A Checklist for Preventing Workplace Violence," Author,
  The Practical Lawyer, Vol. 43, No. 6, September 1997
• "Ethical Considerations for Contacting Corporate Employees," Author, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Lawyer,  December 1993