Cathy M. Stutin
Senior Counsel
Overview
Cathy Stutin is a senior counsel in the firm's Fort Lauderdale office where she focuses on helping employers navigate employment claims to successful resolutions and dismissals. In her 30 years of practice in management-side employment law, Cathy has handled individual and class claims under various civil rights statutes, as well as family and medical leave issues, wage hour matters, and restrictive covenants. She has tried cases involving claims for sexual harassment, race, religious and disability discrimination, retaliation, and ERISA violations in state and federal court as well as arbitration.
A significant portion of Cathy’s practice is also devoted to counseling employers on the preventive measures they may take to avoid or reduce employment-related claims, including supervisory training and the development and administration of effective human resources policies and practices.