David Miklas

Mr. Miklas practices all types of labor and employment law exclusively representing management (employers), including both private employers, as well as Florida municipalities and school districts. He has authored hundreds of articles, has co-authored a LexisNexis Expert Commentary in his field of work and, for the past seventeen years, he has been a contributing author and editor for two leading labor and employment law hornbooks. Mr. Miklas has been listed in Florida Super Lawyers for nine years and he is a frequent employment law presenter and is a nationally recognized speaker and an invited guest lecturer addressing employment law and human resource issues with over thirty universities, including Harvard. Mr. Miklas graduated from the University of Florida College of Law.

• Discrimination (workplace)
• Wage and Hour
• Retaliation
• Disabilities
• Title VII

• Free Consultation

Florida

Since 1999

11th Circuit

Since 1999

Partner

Richeson & Coke, P.A.

1998 - 2016

Exclusively represented Florida employers for 18 years.

University of Florida

J.D. (1998) | Law

1991 - 1995

Honors: graduated with honors

Activities: President of Criminology and Law Honor Society; recipient of Michael J. Bush Award

Rising Star

Florida Super Lawyers

2009

Florida Super Lawyers

Florida Rising Stars

2009 - Current

LexisNexis Expert Commentaries:

co-author

2007 - Current

Activities: co-authored LexisNexis Expert Commentaries: J. David Richeson & David Miklas of Richeson & Coke P.A., on the New Florida Law Requiring Employers Provide Leave for Domestic Violence Fla. Stat. §741.313, (September 2007),

Martin County Bar

Co-Chair of Labor & Employment law commitee

2018 - 2020

Florida Bar

Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Section’s Wage and Hour Administration Liaison subcommittee

2013 - 2016

Activities: Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Section’s Wage and Hour Administration Liaison subcommittee

LexisNexis Expert Commentaries: J. David Richeson & David Miklas of Richeson & Coke P.A., on the New Florida Law Requiring Employers Provide Leave for Domestic Violence Fla. Stat. §741.313, (September 2007),

LexisNexis

September, 2007

Employment in Florida: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations and Practices, 2nd Ed.,

LexisNexis

June, 1999

The Developing Labor Law, 6th Ed

ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law

June, 1999

Employment Discrimination & Retaliation in the Real World, University of Notre Dame Strategic Human Resource Management, University of Notre Dame

August 30, 2016

Employment Discrimination & Retaliation in the Real World

EXCHANGE: What a Business Student needs to Know About Employee Discipline and Terminations, UCF - The Exchange, University of Central Florida, Orlando

UCF Business School

Presented to 100+ business students

Harvard Business School Leadership & Human Capital Club, Harvard University

October 3, 2016

Harvard Business School Leadership & Human Capital Club

Employee Discipline and Termination Best Practices presented to 100 Harvard MBA students