Scott K. Hewitt
Member

skh@ManFitzLaw.com

Mr. Hewitt’s experience includes the representation of businesses, government agencies, major insurance companies, and individuals. Specifically, he has experience litigating a variety of matters, including employment & labor claims, personal injury liability & casualty issues, civil rights and business non-compete issues.  Mr. Hewitt continues to advise business entities on their employment practices and has spoken on many employment issues, including discrimination, record keeping, contingent employees, overtime, and discipline practices.  From 1998 to 2001, he served as a member of the Labor and Employment Department of the large, statewide, law firm of Fowler White Gillen Boggs Villareal & Banker, P.A. From 1992 through 1996 Mr. Hewitt held a senior representative position in claims litigation with State Farm Insurance Company. 

Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Personal Injury/Insurance Defense Litigation; and Business Litigation & Consultation.

Admitted: 1999, Florida; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Law School: Stetson University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1998. Stetson Law Review, Case Notes; Officer, Phi Alpha Delta; Judicial Intern, Hillsborough County Civil Court; Judicial Intern, U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida; Legal Intern Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office.

College: University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1991.

Publications & Seminars: Author: The U.S. Supreme Court Defines "Age" Under the ADEA, THE CHECKOFF, Vol. XLIII No. 1 (November 2004); Contingent Employees – An Overview, SES Seminar (May 2005); Employer Information Disclosure Issues; SES Seminar (May 2005).

Born: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 25, 1969.

Membership: Trial Lawyers Section, Labor & Employment Law Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Florida Bar; the Labor & Employment Practice Section of the American Bar Association; Applicant Labor and Employment Board Certification.