Christine M. Duignan
Of Counsel
E-mail: cduignan@shavitzlaw.com
1515 S. Federal Highway, Suite 404
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
Telephone: (561) 447-8888
Fax: (561) 447-8831
Christine Duignan graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with high honors. She earned Order of the Coif and was Executive Editor of the Florida Law Review from 1990-1991. Before concentrating on wage and hour law, she had extensive experience with trials and appeals, with an emphasis on civil rights, employment law, and municipal liability. Ms. Duignan also was an Adjunct Professor at the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center from 1997-2000. In addition, she has lectured both for public and private clients on a variety of employment law and compliance issues, including Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and FLSA.
Ms. Duignan has been associated with the Shavitz Law Group, P.A. for over five (5) years and regularly works on behalf of workers to ensure fair treatment and compensation in the workplace.
Admitted: 1991, Florida, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
The Florida Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section)
University of Florida, J.D., with high honors, 1991
University of Tampa, B.A., History/English, Magna Cum Laude, 1988
Born: Queens, New York
Wage and Hour Law
Fair Labor Standards Act
Labor
Law
Employment Law
Appellate Practice
Wascura v. Carver, 169 F.3d 683 (11th Cir. 1999)
Pierce
v. Jenne, 795 So.2d 1062 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
Florida Power & Light
v. City of Dania, 761 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 2000)
