ABOUT Mark J. Berkowitz

Mark J. Berkowitz represents clients in all phases of cases, involving employment discrimination, including sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. As an experienced labor and employment lawyer, the relevant experience of this practitioner, includes wage and hour claims, for unpaid overtime, as well as claims for long term disability benefits and pension, under ERISA.

For over thirty years, Mr. Berkowitz has assisted clients throughout Florida, with labor and employment law matters. He previously practiced with a labor and employment law firm in Philadelphia, which included union representation, and since 1995, he has operated his own practice in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In addition, Mr. Berkowitz has also managed complex labor law matters out of state, such as class action litigation, with the assistance of local counsel. He
has litigated issues ranging from age discrimination and sexual harassment cases; to non- competition agreements, as well as mass-lay off litigation.

Mr. Berkowitz focuses his practice on arbitration cases, in both union and non-union contexts, the defense of unfair representation claims, employee representation matters, pertaining to employment discrimination claims, before state and federal courts; as well as before various administrative agencies, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Merit System Protection Board. These litigation matters involve claims focusing on race discrimination, national origin discrimination, discrimination based on pregnancy and sexual harassment, as well as claims based on age, disability. Medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act and whistle-blower claims. Mr. Berkowitz has also represented numerous federal employees, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit System Protection Board, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority; and he has also represented state employees before the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, and the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission.