Sheri M. Alter, Esq.

Sheri Alter practices primarily in the areas of complex commercial and employment litigation. Her practice includes contract disputes, business torts, and insurance coverage issues. She handles disputes among partners, shareholders, and officers, including dissolutions, accountings of corporate affairs, shareholder's derivative suits, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty. Ms. Alter also handles contested estate and probate matters, construction disputes and defamation cases.

Ms. Alter has extensive experience handling all aspects of equal employment opportunity litigation in federal and state court, including claims of race, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, and disability discrimination, the investigation and defense of sexual harassment claims, as well as claims of unlawful retaliation and wrongful termination. She drafts, updates and reviews employee manuals and covenants not to compete, and provides advice regarding employment contracts, severance agreements, hiring decisions, anti-harassment training and other personnel related issues.

Ms. Alter also has significant experience representing property owners in the defense of accessibility claims arising under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA"). In these cases, Ms. Alter helps to ensure the applicable regulations are applied properly and do not impose an undue burden or hardship on her clients.

Ms. Alter has lived in South Florida since 1977. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Miami in 1992, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1996. She has practiced law in South Florida since her admission to the Bar in 1996.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Employment Litigation and Counseling
• Probate and Estate Litigation

Bar Admissions

• State of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Employment RIghts Section & Litigation Section
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Dade County Bar Association
• Dade County Trial Lawyers' Association
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers

Education

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, J.D., 1996
   President, University of Miami Moot Court Board

University of Miami, B.A. Political Science, 1992

Past Employment Positions

• Carlton Fields, P.A.
• Cohen, Berke, Bernstein, Brodie & Kondell, P.A.

Languages Spoken

• English
• Spanish

Representative Cases

• Kaplus v. First Continental, Corp., 711 So.2d 108 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
• Hyman v. Ocean Optique, 734 So.2d 546 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)
• Matrix v. Odebrecht, 753 So.2d 652 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)

Sheri M. Alter, Esq.
Of Counsel
Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.
213 E. Sheridan Street, Suite 3
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
salter@assoulineberlowe.com
phone: 954-929-1899
fax: 954-922-6662