Peter W Zinober

Practice Areas

Employment Law, Ethics Compliance and Whistleblower Response, Trial, Class Action

Career

Peter W. Zinober is a labor & employment lawyer concentrating his practice on the defense of employment discrimination cases in state and federal court, both jury and non-jury, as well as wage and hour, disability discrimination, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, and other whistleblower defense, age and all other types of employment litigation. Pete also focuses on “traditional” labor management relations law, including the representation of employers in connection with unfair labor practice and representation case proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, labor and non-union arbitrations, collective bargaining and counseling.

Concentrations

Jury and non-jury litigation in state and federal courts of employment discrimination, civil rights, wage and hour, FMLA, employment and contract and tort litigation and other types of employment cases

Proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and parallel state agencies, including unfair labor practice and union representation cases

Labor and non-union arbitrations

Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, and other qui tam litigation

Administrative investigations before Local, state and federal equal employment opportunity agencies and litigation before such agencies

Collective bargaining

Labor and employment law drafting and counseling

Professional Memberships

Warehouse Arts District Association (Board of Directors, 2018-2020)

Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, inducted 1996 (Board of Governors, 2015-2021)

American Board of Trial Advocates (2011-Present)

City of Tampa Mayor’s Public Art Committee (1991-1995, 2008-2015)

American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (1972-Present)

Academy of Florida Management Attorneys (2000-Present); Founding President (2000-2002)

CEO Council of Tampa Bay (2000-Present); Board Member (2008-2018)

University of Florida Levin College of Law – Board of Trustees; Board Member (2000-2014); Chairman (2009-2011)

Hillsborough County Arts Council, 2005-2013 (Chairman, 2012-2013)

City of Tampa Civil Rights Hall of Fame (inducted 2013)