MF&H: Scott K. Hewitt

Mr. Hewitt received a top attorney rating of “A-V” from the national MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY (the highest peer rating for legal ability and ethical standards), and was recently selected as a 2010 Florida Super Lawyer Rising Star. His legal practice includes the representation of businesses, government agencies, major insurance companies, healthcare providers and individuals. Mr. Hewitt has experience litigating labor & employment claims, personal injury liability & casualty issues, insurance disputes, civil rights violations, healthcare compliance mandates and business non-compete issues. Mr. Hewitt has been an attorney with the Firm since 2001 and a named Partner since 2004. 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; Complex Personal Injury/Insurance Defense Litigation; Healthcare Compliance and Business Litigation & Consultation.

Admitted: 1999, Florida; 2000,

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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

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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.