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aguardado@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience
Astrid Guardado focuses her practice primarily on commercial civil matters, with an emphasis on employment law litigation and consultation. Ms. Guardado represents employers, in both state and federal courts, and before such administrative agencies as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has extensive experience in a variety of employment disputes including discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, wage and hour disputes, workers’compensation, breach of contract, and issues related to unemployment benefits. Ms. Guardado also negotiates, drafts, and reviews employment agreements, and provides day-to-day preventative litigation advice.
In addition to her employment and labor law practice, Ms. Guardado is also experienced in handling governmental advocacy matters, real-estate and construction law issues, and in community association litigation. She has been a featured speaker at several seminars including: “Drafting Solid Employment Contracts", (Housing and Development Law Institute Fall CLE Conference, Baltimore, MD); “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace", (Housing and Development Law Institute Spring CLE Conference, Washington, D.C.); “Privacy in the Workplace-How Far Can an Employer Go”, (Massachusetts NAHRO Conference, Cape Cod, MA); "Aids and Housing Law Rights", (Florida Legal Services Annual Symposium, Orlando, FL); and "Basic Consumer Rights", (Homeless Advocacy Project Training, San Francisco Legal Services Program, San Francisco, CA).
Activities & Memberships
An active member of the community, Ms. Guardado is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers, Seniors in Service, Board of Directors, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc. She is also a licensed Florida real estate sales associate.
Bar Admissions
Florida Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section)
Court Admissions
U.S. Middle District of Florida
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Second District Court of Appeals
Languages
Spanish
Italian
Education
Memphis State University (J.D., 1991)
University of South Florida (B.A., with honors, 1987) |
