Amy L. Garrard
Amy L. Garrard
Practice Areas:
- Employment Law
Education
- Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana
- J.D. - 1996
- Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Team, 1995 - 1996
- Indiana University
- B.S. - 1992
Bar Admission
- Ohio, 1996
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1998
- Florida, 2004
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Classes & Seminars
- Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution of Employee Disputes, Florida Municipal Attorneys Association, 33rd Annual Seminar, 2014 to 2014
- Employee versus Independent Contractor, Estero Chamber of Commerce’s Lunch and Learn, Estero, 2014 to 2014
- Employment Law 101, 74th Annual Public Personnel Association Conference, 2010 to 2010
- Strategies for Preventing Employee Theft, Entrepreneurs Law School, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2009 to 2009
- Wage/Hours Issues: The FLSA – Is Your Company Playing by the Rules?, Collier Building Industry Association, 2008 to 2008
- To Employ or Not to Employ, Entrepreneurs Law School at Florida Gulf Coast University, 2008 to 2008
- Peaks and Pitfalls of Hiring Employees, Southwest Florida Library Networking, Revised FLSA Regulations/Compliance, 2007 to 2007
- Compliance, Collier Building Industry Association, FLSA – Regulations, 2006 to 2006
- That’s Harassment? Current Issues Facing Employers in Florida, 2005 to 2005
- Adjunct Professor, Ave Maria School of Law, Collective Bargaining, Naples, Florida, 2009 to 2009
Pro-Bono Activities
- HR Collier, Board of Directors, Legislative Chair
- Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board, Board of Directors
- The Rotary Club of Naples, Member
Past Positions
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Florida Commission on Human Relations
- Department of Labor
- Florida Public Employees Relations Commission
- Florida Civil Rights Act
- National Labor Relations Board
- Division of Administrative Hearings
Professional Associations
- Collier County Bar Association
- State Bar of Florida
- State Bar of Ohio
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Member
- Michael R.N. McDonnell American Inn of Court, 2003