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Attorney Profile

Karen Coolman Amlong

Karen Amlong

The Amlong Firm
500 NE 4th Street, Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Fort Lauderdale

Florida (FL)

T: 954-462-1983

Practice Areas

Employment & Labor

Family Law

Selected To

• Florida Super Lawyers 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers 2010
• Florida Super Lawyers 2009
• Florida Super Lawyers 2008
• Florida Super Lawyers 2007

Profile

Attorney Karen Coolman Amlong is a founding partner of The Amlong Firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. An employment lawyer dedicated to equality in the workplace, she represents employees in complex cases involving executive noncompete agreements; executive severance agreements; sexual, racial, religious or other harassment; discrimination; wrongful termination and other employer-employee disputes. She also handles complex family law cases.

As an advocate for equality, justice and workplace fairness, Ms. Coolman Amlong is well known for her dedicated, dynamic and experienced litigation skills. She is an AV-rated* attorney and certified by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education in labor and employment law, civil trial law, business litigation, and marital and family law. With more than 30 years of trial experience, she uses her skills to assist clients with the variety of legal problems they face.

Ms. Coolman Amlong has been involved in several organizations devoted to protecting the rights of individuals in the workplace. She is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment law, discrimination issues and trial tactics for bar associations, conferences and continuing legal education seminars.

She is licensed to practice in before the Florida Bar, all the U.S. District Courts of Florida, the Southern District of Florida Trial Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.


*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

Certifications and Credentials

Florida Bar Board Certified — Business Litigation, Civil Trial, Marital & Family Law, Labor & Employment Law

About Karen Amlong

Law School: Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center

Admitted: 1979, Florida

Professional Webpage: www.theamlongfirm.com/Bio/KarenAmlong.asp

Honors and Awards:

  • AV "Preeminent" Rating; 5 out of 5, Martindale Hubbell
  • Rated 10 out of 10 for "Superb" rating., www.AVVO.com
  • Broward County Women's Hall of Fame, 1995
  • Recipient, Glass Ceiling Award, Florida National Organization for Women, 1998
  • One of Florida's Fifty Most Successful Business Women, Fast Track Magazine, 2002
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2011
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2012

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Certified by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization in Marital and Family Law, 1989 to date; Civil Trial Law, 1992 to date; Business Litigation law, 1998 to date; and Labor and Employment Law, 2001 to date

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Faculty Member, Employment Law Trial Skills Program, Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Section, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2004
  • Member, Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 1995 - 2000

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Broward County Commission on the Status of Women, 1992 - 1994
  • Broward County Charter Review Commission, 1994 - 1996
  • State of Florida Commission on the Status of Women, 1993 - 1996

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Representative Clients:

  • In Re: Pearlman, 15 Fam. Law Rev. 1355, (BNA No. 30), 1989
  • Glickstein v. Sun Bank/Miami, N.A. 922 F.2d 666, 11th Cir., 1991
  • Stockett v. Tolin, 791 F.Supp. 1536, 1554, S.D. Fla., 1992
  • Boone v. Etkin, 771 So.2d 559, Fla. 4th DCA, 2000
  • Dahl v. Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives, Inc., 843 So.2d 956, Fla. 2nd DCA, 2003
  • Sheridan Health Corp., Inc. v. Amko, 993 So.2d 167, Fla. 4th DCA, 2008

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Florida House of Representatives, 1974 - 1976

Educational Background:

  • Michigan State University, B.A. in Art History, Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa, 1968
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