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Steven M. Bernstein

Regional Managing Partner


Tampa

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  • Employee Leaves and Accommodations
  • Labor Relations
  • Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management
  • Counseling and Advice
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

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  • Automotive Dealership
  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Sports
  • Transportation and Supply Chain

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Steve Bernstein is the managing partner in the firm's Tampa office, and co-chairs the firm’s Labor Relations practice group.

Steve maintains a traditional labor practice in which he represents employers throughout the United States in both state and federal courts, as well as before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and other state and federal agencies.

In the process, Steve has played a primary role in advising clients on union-related matters. Steve has also acquired a sophisticated level of experience with regard to advising clients on compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), the Family and Medical Leave (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

A significant portion of his practice is devoted to the implementation of pregrams that include supervisory training as well as the development and administration of effective human resources policies and practices.

Previously, Steve worked for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and with the Minority Staff of the U.S. Senate Labor Committee.

Insights

  • Insights

    09/29/23

    We Know What the NLRB Did Last Summer: 7 Recent Labor Board Moves That Could Haunt You This Fall and Beyond

    Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon

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    09/26/23

    Your 2023 Government Shutdown Playbook: An Essential Guide For Employers

    Steven M. Bernstein, Benjamin M. Ebbink, Rick Grimaldi, Todd B. Logsdon, Shanon R. Stevenson, J. Hagood Tighe, Travis Vance, Sheila M. Willis

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    09/14/23

    Labor Relations Co-Chair Discusses NLRB’s American Federation for Children Decision

    Steven M. Bernstein

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    09/01/23

    Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your September To-Do List

    Alba V. Aviles, Brian Balonick, Steven M. Bernstein, Raeann Burgo, Kathleen McLeod Caminiti, Michael D. Carrouth, Charles S. Caulkins, Jessica D. Causgrove, Steven R. Cupp, Patrick M. Dalin, J. Micah Dickie, Joseph W. Gagnon, Lonnie D. Giamela, Marty Heller, Brett Holubeck, Wendy Hughes, Corina Johnson, Jennifer S. Kiesewetter, Emily N. Litzinger, Todd B. Logsdon, Todd A. Lyon, Eleanor F. Miller, Andreas Mosby , George A. Reeves III, Deniz Uzel Reilly, J. Hagood Tighe, Travis Vance, Melanie L. Webber, Sheila M. Willis

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  • News

    08/28/23

    Fisher Phillips’ Florida Attorneys Highlighted in 2024 Best Lawyers in America® Rankings

    Steven M. Bernstein, Charles S. Caulkins, Christine E. Howard, Jeffrey E. Mandel

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    08/28/23

    Labor Board Overhauls Representation Process to Boost Union Organizing: Your 8-Step Plan to Respond

    Steven M. Bernstein, Michael D. Carrouth, Charles S. Caulkins, Todd A. Lyon

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    08/25/23

    Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2023 Edition

    Erin Waldron Anderson, Steven M. Bernstein, Sheldon J. Blumling, Risa B. Boerner, Kathleen McLeod Caminiti, Myra K. Creighton, Steven R. Cupp, Amanda Davinson, Edward F. Harold, Brett Holubeck, Matthew R. Korn, Sarah Leon, Todd A. Lyon, Robin Repass, Shanon R. Stevenson, Travis Vance, Joshua H. Viau, Spencer W. Waldron, Megan C. Winter

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    08/25/23

    The Return of Quickie Union Elections: Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know About Labor Board’s Broad New Rule

    Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon

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    08/17/23

    Fisher Phillips Attorneys Named Among the Best Lawyers in America® for 2024

    Charles S. Caulkins, Todd A. Fredrickson, Steven M. Bernstein, Christine E. Howard, Jeffrey E. Mandel, C. F. W. Manning II, John M. Polson

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    08/03/23

    Labor Board Issues a Blow to Workplace Conduct Policies: Here’s How Your Employee Handbook May Need to Change Today

    Brian Balonick, Steven M. Bernstein, Raeann Burgo, Brett Holubeck

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Credentials

Education

  • J.D., 1990, with honors, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
  • B.S., 1987, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Bar Admissions

  • Florida

Court Admissions

  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Georgia Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Recognitions

  • Benchmark Litigation 2023 – Labor & Employment Star
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (2020 - 2024)
  • Recommended as a leading practitioner for Labor-Management Relations by The Legal 500 United States (2022 - 2023)
  • Chambers USA, Labor & Employment (2011 – 2023)
  • Named, Best Lawyers"Lawyer of the Year", Trade Secrets Law (2021)
  • Named, Best Lawyers"Lawyer of the Year", Employment Law - Management (2020)
  • Named, Best Lawyers"Lawyer of the Year", Labor Law-Management (2017, 2019 and 2024)
  • Named, Best Lawyers"Lawyer of the Year", Labor and Employment Litigation (2018)
  • Named one of the "People to Know" in Tampa/Hillsborough County by Florida Trend in 2014
  • Florida Super Lawyers since 2012
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America since 2012
  • Listed by the Labor Relations Institute (LRI) as one of the "Top 100 Labor Attorneys" in the U.S. since 2006
  • "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named Outstanding Labor and Employment Law School Student by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar

Affiliations

Professional Activities

  • Member, HR Policy Association Legal Council
  • Past Chair, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, American Employment Law Council
  • Past President, Academy of Florida Management Attorneys
  • Former Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Section of the Hillsborough Bar Association
  • Member ABA Committee on Federal Labor Standards Legislation, Subcommittee on USERRA
  • Former Chief Editor, Florida Employment Law Manual

Community Activities

  • Member, Tampa Tiger Bay Club Board of Directors

  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
  • Vice-Chair, Pepin Academies Foundation Board of Directors
  • Member, Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission
  • Member, American Heart Association Circle of Red

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