
Cynthia Sass
Sass Law Firm - Representing Employees in Workplace Disputes
Cynthia N. Sass has been practicing law in Florida over 30 years. She formed the Sass Law Firm in 1993 to exclusively focus on representing public and private sector employees in employment disputes. The mission of her firm is to provide the client with an honest assessment of each case, ensure each client is educated on the options and remedies available to them through the law, and strategize with the client to accomplish their goals. In doing so, her firm takes an individual approach to each case, advising clients as to the potential results, costs of litigation and other means of resolving their employee disputes. In order to provide her clients with the best service, Ms. Sass makes it a priority to keep current on the trends affecting employee rights, changes in rules and agency positions, and the most recent applicable case law.
Cynthia is often asked to write or speak on employment law-related topics, especially those related to representing employees. She has been the southeast Regional Editor of the BNA Bloomberg treatise, Employment at Will, a State-by-State Survey and its annual supplements since 2011. She was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court and served on the Standard Jury Instructions Committee – Civil Cases, a Special Committee of The Florida Bar, the committee responsible for drafting the standard state jury instructions on spoliation, private sector whistleblowing and the Florida Civil Rights Act. Cynthia Sass is also a successful litigator, with published opinions, including an affirmed Eleventh Circuit opinions against a government entity. Ms. Sass holds various national and regional leadership positions, along with committee appointments, and is an active Federal Mediator/Florida Supreme Court Mediator Circuit Civil.
Cynthia Sass has been honored by various local, state & national independent sources including The Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law – Individuals.
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
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- Florida
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Shareholder Attorney
- Sass Law Firm
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- Practicing labor and employment law, advocating for employee rights, and representing individuals in workplace disputes involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, whistleblower protection, wage and hour issues, employment contracts and severance agreements, including non-compete provisions and arbitration agreements
- Associate Attorney
- Alley and Ally, Chartered
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- Practicing labor and employment law representing solely management
- Assistant State Attorney
- State Attorney of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
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- Prosecuted felony, misdemeanor, juvenile and traffic cases
- University of Richmond
- J.D. (1987) | Law
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- Smith College
- B.A. (1984)
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- Best Law Firms - Employment Law for Individuals, since 2011
- U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers®
- Top Lawyers, since 2017
- Tampa Magazine
- Best Lawyers® in Employment Law for Individuals, since 2007
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Individually, since 2005
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, since 2014
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association
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- Trial & Litigation Section, Hillsborough County Bar Association
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- Labor and Employment Section, Hillsborough County Bar Association
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- Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
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- National Employment Lawyers Association
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- First Amendment as It Applies to Public Employees
- 45th Annual Public Employment Labor Relations Forum, Labor and Employment Law Section and the City, County and Local Government Law Section, The Florida Bar
- Discovery and Deposing the Alleged Harasser and Defense Witnesses: Plaintiff’s Perspective, Chapter Author – Sexual Harassment and Retaliation: A Practical Guide for Plaintiff and Defense
- Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
- Cumulative Supplement to Employment at Will, A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition, Southeastern Regional Editor and Florida Chapter Co-Author
- Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association, and Bloomberg BNA
- Preserving Witness Testimony Through Trial
- Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
- Employee Perspective on Strategic Use of Forensic Experts in Defending Non-Compete, Trade Secret and Business Tort Claims
- Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
- The Intersection of Employment Law and Criminal Law, Joint 4th, 5th and 11th Circuit Regional Program, St. Petersburg, Florida
- The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- First Amendment in Public Employment, 45th Annual Public Employment Labor Relations Forum, Orlando, Florida
- Labor and Employment Law Section and the City, County and Local Government Law Section, The Florida Bar
- Practicing at the Intersection of Criminal Law and Employment Law: A Panel Discussion Regarding Employees’ and Employers’ Criminal Activity in the Workplace, What employment counsel should consider when representing their clients who are accused of crimes in the workplace, CLE Crossover Luncheon, Tampa, Florida
- Labor and Employment Section, Hillsborough County Bar Association
- A View From the Bench: I Wish I Didn’t Know Now What I Didn’t Know Then, 12th Annual Section Conference, San Francisco, California
- Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
- Where’s the Witness? Preserving Witness Testimony Through Trial, Effectively Litigating Employment Cases from Inception Through Trial, Palm Beach, Florida
- Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
- Federal Mediator / Florida Supreme Court Mediator Circuit Civil
- Florida Supreme Court, since 2002