Meet Williams Parker’s 2025 Women of Influence

Few things in life are as stressful as litigation. When going to court, it is essential to have the very best legal team on your side. Since its founding in 1925, Williams Parker has helped guide our clients through the litigation process, counseling them on when to bring or defend a suit, preparing witnesses and evidence, leading negotiations, and standing resolutely to advocate for our client's best interests. Over the decades, we have successfully counseled many prominent individuals, businesses, and families. Our legacy and reputation in this vital area of law continue to flourish and expand.
Our Labor & Employment (L&E) practice is dynamic and multifaceted, featuring some of our firm's top attorneys, all dedicated to our 100-year tradition of legal excellence. In addition to litigating employment cases, our L&E attorneys counsel employers on all stages of the employment relationship. They draft employment agreements and handbooks, provide employee training, participate in collective bargaining with unions, investigate allegations of wrongdoing, and assist employers traversing high-risk situations. The team collaborates with the firm's other sections to provide clients with integrated legal services.
Collective Expertise
- Litigation is often unavoidable and complex and can cross many legal boundaries. Our practice includes attorneys experienced in trusts and estates, business, employment, real estate, and construction. We relentlessly seek the best outcomes for our clients.
- We advise banks, trust companies, business entities, public institutions, private enterprises, charitable organizations, physicians, developers, public contractors, commercial builders, local government agencies, hospitals, colleges, and private individuals on a wide range of matters.
- Our Labor and Employment team boasts 95 years of collective legal experience. It includes two Board-Certified attorneys, as well as the current President of the Academy of Florida Management Attorneys.
- For a century, the lawyers of Williams Parker have built national-caliber capabilities. Our attorneys hold advanced degrees in taxation, accounting, and business and are board-certified by the Florida Bar as specialists in their respective fields.

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