Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, The Florida Bar

AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

The Best Lawyers in America, 2004-2010

Chambers USA, 2010; listed as a Leading Employment Lawyer in Florida

Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2008-2010; ranked in the top 2% of practicing Florida Bar Members

Florida Super Lawyer, 2006-2010

Robert G. Riegel, Jr. is a Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer who brings over 28 years of experience representing management clients in the full range of employment law, specializing in litigation matters.  He also advises and provides preventative counseling to clients on a wide range of issues affecting the employment relationship, including EEO issues, wage and hour issues, employee handbooks, employee benefits, personnel policies, reductions in force, affirmative action obligations, and strategies for employee discipline and termination.

Bob also handles matters involving unions (including NLRA litigation and arbitrations), Family and Medical Leave Act, sexual and other forms of harassment, Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and restrictive covenants (such as non-compete provisions). Bob is AV peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in Best Lawyers, Florida Legal Elite and Super Lawyers.

Past Experience

• Coffman Coleman Andrews & Grogan, Jacksonville, FL
  Managing Partner, 2004-2007
  Shareholder, 1981-2007

Presentations

• Florida Association of Homes for the Aged
• Florida Employee Leasing Association
• Home Care Association of America
• Institute of Business Law
• Lorman Employment Law Seminars
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties

Publications

• "Labor Law: Drawing the Line on Union Responsibility for Wildcat Strikes," Author, 10 Stetson Law Review, Fall 1980
• "Judicial Review of NCAA Decisions: Does the College Athlete Have a Property Interest in Interscholastic Athletics?" Author, 10 Stetson Law Review, Spring 1981