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Grissel Seijo






Associate
Labor and Employment Department
Litigation Department

Grissel.Seijo@InfanteZumpano.com
Direct: 305-704-3346

Grissel Seijo has experience litigating and counseling on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including claims of discrimination, family medical leave actions, military leave, wrongful terminations, wage and hour disputes, non-compete agreements, and equal employment opportunity laws. She has also represented management exclusively in labor disputes, and collective bargaining actions, including elections and strikes. She advises employers on personnel decisions and policies, and has drafted employee handbooks for small and large business clients.  Grissel has facilitated various “how to avoid” training sessions, most recently “Labor Law for the Employment Lawyer: Watch Out for the NLRB in the Non-Union Context” in 2009.

Significant Representations

  • Southside United Housing Development Fund Corp  – Second chair company-wide collection bargaining agreement negotiations and labor strike
  • Utilities  – Assisted in settlement of class actions wage and hour law suits
  • Small and large businesses  – Drafted employment handbooks
  • Successfully settled wage and hour claim on behalf of client.
  • Successfully defended employer on a permanent disability claim in turn reversing compensation from the insurance companies involved.

Areas of Concentration

  • Labor & Employment

Awards and Recognition

  • Recipient of the Columbia University 2012 Founders Award

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Board Member – Society of Columbia Graduates
  • Member of the Miami-Dade Bar Associations Lawyer Mentoring Program
  • Member – Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Member – Latino Justice PRLDEF
  • Member American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Division
  • Member Florida Bar Association, Labor & Employment Division


Articles

  • “Increasing the Enforceability of Employee Restrictive Covenants,” Akerman Practice Update, February 2, 2011


Lectures

  • “How to Avoid Labor Law Pitfalls for In-House Counsel and Human Resource Professionals,” December 2009 ]

Education

  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2006
  • Ed. M. and M.A. Bilingual/Bicultural Psychological Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999
  • B.A. Columbia College, Columbia University, 1993

Admitted to Practice

  • Florida
  • New York
    • Eastern District
    • Southern District
    • 2nd Circuit
    • New Jersey