Christian Gunneson is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale offices and is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Insurance Coverage and Extra-Contractual Liability, Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions, and Commercial Litigation/Directors & Officers National Practice Sections.
Mr. Gunneson focuses his practice on representing management in labor and employment disputes. He has experience representing employers in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, FMLA, ADA, wage and hour (class action and single plaintiff), trade secret, and non-compete disputes. Mr. Gunneson regularly appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Department of Labor. As part of his practice, Mr. Gunneson also provides counsel to employers in various aspects of the employer-employee relationship including personnel policies and practices, employee discipline and terminations, leave management and accommodations, and wage-and-hour compliance.