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Patrick M. Muldowney

Patrick Muldowney advises and represents private- and public-sector management clients in connection with both traditional labor law and employment law issues. He has litigated issues related to discrimination, sexual harassment, labor-management relations, family and medical leave, public employee rights, minimum wage/overtime compensation and covenants not to compete.

Mr. Muldowney has represented employers in matters involving the National Labor Relations Board (relating to both unfair labor practice charges and representation elections), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission of Human Relations, the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, the Orlando Human Relations Department, the New York State Division of Human Rights and the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at Rollins College, where he teaches a course on labor and employment law in the Master of Human Resources program.

Mr. Muldowney is highly rated by Martindale-Hubbell for his ethical standing in the legal profession and has been named a member of Florida Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite” (a listing of the top 1.7% of Florida lawyers). He has been honored by Law & Politics as a “Florida Super Lawyer” (a listing of the top 5% of Florida lawyers) and has been named to Best Lawyers in America. He also has been named by Orlando Magazine as one of “Orlando’s Best Lawyers” and was named a “Leading Lawyer” in the area of labor and employment law by Chambers & Partners in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Mr. Muldowney has co-authored articles on retiree benefits and the rights of U.S. workers overseas. He also has given numerous lectures and seminar presentations, including:

• “Wage-Hour ‘Double-Whammy’: The DOL’s Fair Pay Regulations and the Rise of FLSA Collective Actions”
• “Time Off and the Fair Labor Standards Act”
• “Employment at Will and Exceptions”
• “Avoiding and Defending Against Discrimination Claims”
• “Sexual Harassment—The Employer’s Responsibility”
• “Fair WARN-ing: Negotiating the Federal Plant Closing and Mass Layoff Act”
• “Hiring Do’s and Don’ts”
• “The Future of Union Organizing”
• “Recent Changes to COBRA: Are You Ready?”

Mr. Muldowney is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section) and the Orange County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Committee, Chair for 2004-2005). He is also on the Board of Directors for the Central Florida Human Resource Association (President 2008).