Ellen M. Leibovitch, Esq.

Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer

Ellen Leibovitch is a partner and the head of the firm’s labor and employment law group. Ms. Leibovitch focuses her practice on labor and employment law counseling and litigation, as well as commercial and business litigation. In 2004, she achieved Board Certification in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar. Ms. Leibovitch has significant jury and bench trial experience, trying cases at the state, federal and agency levels in the areas of theft of trade secrets, injunctive relief, overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, defamation, gender discrimination, age discrimination, sexual harassment and breach of partnership and other contracts. She is also skilled in drafting, analyzing and evaluating employee handbooks, as well as employment, non-compete, confidentiality, severance, separation, independent contractor and similar employment-related agreements.

Over the years, Ms. Leibovitch has made numerous presentations to clients and organizations on employment-related topics, including records retention requirements, unveiling the myths about employment laws, navigating through the Fair Labor Standards Act, how to develop and implement policies against harassment and discrimination, how to recognize and prevent harassment in the work place, how to investigate and remedy complaints of harassment and discrimination, how to implement diversity programs and the effective use of employee handbooks and personnel policies.

Ms. Leibovitch is a former President of the South Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers and an ex officio member of its Board of Directors. She is also sits on the Board of Directors for the South Palm Beach County Bar Association and formerly chaired the association's Labor & Employment Law Committee. Ms. Leibovitch also serves on the Wage & Hour Administration Liaison sub-committee of the Labor & Employment Section of The Florida Bar.

Ms. Leibovitch is a long-standing member of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce’s "Successful Women in Business" group, as well as the West Boca Chamber of Commerce’s "Women in Business" division. She is an active member of Human Resources Palm Beach County, the local chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management, and serves on the fund-raising committee for the foundation at Spanish River Community High School where her two children attend school.

In 2011, Ms. Leibovitch was named one of the "Top Attorneys in Florida" by The Wall Street Journal and included in the 2011 and 2012 editions of Thomson Reuters’ "Florida Super Lawyers."

Ms. Leibovitch also sits on the Board of Directors of Senior Care Strategies, Inc.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment Law
• Commercial Litigation

Court Admissions

• State of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida

Education

University of Florida School of Law, 1986, J.D

University of Florida, 1983, BA

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Florida Bar, Labor and Employment Section
• Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)
• Border of Directors of South Palm Beach County Chapter of FAWL
• Border of Directors of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Committee
• Women in Business - West Boca Chamber of Commerce
• Successful Women in Business - Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
• Board of Directors - Senior Care Strategies, Inc.

Notable Reported Cases

• Semma v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2868909 (M.D. Fla. 2006).
• Winkler v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 1037023 (N.D. Fla. 2006).
• Padron v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 196 F. Supp. 2d 1250 (S.D. Fla. 2002).
• Lovermi v. BellSouth Mobility, Inc., 962 F. Supp. 136 (S.D. Fla. 1997).
• Babbitt Electronics, Inc. v. Dynascan Corp., 828 F. Supp. 944 (S.D. Fla. 1993).
• Montenay Power Corp. v. Nairne, 572 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).
• Florida East Coast Deliveries, Inc. v. Hernandez, 568 So. 2d 536 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).
• Montenay Power Corp. v. King, 567 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).
• Miami Eye Institute, Inc. v. Velasquez, 559 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).
• General Hotel & Restaurant Supply Corp. v. Skipper, 514 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Ellen M. Leibovitch, Esq
Partner
Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.
2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 150
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
eml@assoulineberlowe.com
phone: 561-361-6566
fax: 561-361-6466
direct: 561-948-2479

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