Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Fisher Phillips Partner Charles Caulkins has been named to “The Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” by Human Resource Executive magazine for 2016. Caulkins has been included in this prestigious list every year since 2010.
Human Resource Executive magazine compiled the list of influential employment attorneys on the basis of curriculum-vitae analyses, evaluations by clients and peers, and reporting by the staff of Lawdragon, a Los Angeles-based news and networking site for lawyers and clients.
Caulkins serves on Fisher Phillips’ national Management Committee. Since 1977, Caulkins has represented employers nationally in labor and employment law matters. This includes advising employers on the development and implementation of preventive labor relations programs to avoid charges and lawsuits, protect trade secrets, and resolve disputes. He also handles employment related litigation and arbitrations before state and federal courts and administrative agencies involving claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, OSHA and other statutory claims.
Caulkins is a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, was the 2006 Chairman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, and was a founding member and past President of the Academy of Florida Management Attorneys. He was honored with the 2011 Chair’s Award by the Florida Chamber of Commerce for his outstanding leadership as a member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors. He is also Chair of the Broward Workshop.
For his extensive work in labor and employment law, Caulkins is “AV” Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers since 2002, in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006, as well as in Florida Super Lawyers Magazine since 2007.
He is admitted to the Bars of Florida, South Carolina and Kansas. He earned his LL.M. in Labor Law from New York University School of Law, his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law, and a B.A. from Monmouth College.
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