Tracey K. McPharlin
Partner
Email: tmcpharlin@cftlaw.com

Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Class Actions; Disabilities; Labor and Employment; Appellate Practice.

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

Law School: Nova Southeastern University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2000

College: Nova Southeastern University, B.S., 1997

Member: Florida Bar (Chair, Public Interest Law Section); Broward County Bar Association; American Bar Association.

Biography: Former Law Clerk, Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Office, Civil Division, Southern District of Florida; familiar with all aspects of litigation in Title VII and Americans with Disabilities Act claims against government employees, Federal Trade Commission Act, section 1983 and Bivens claims against government agencies. Former judicial intern for the Honorable Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; researched applicable law in constitutional due process cases, and Title VII, ADA and IDEA claims; Articles Editor, Nova Law Review; Stephen R. Booher American Inn of Court; American Civil Liberties Union.

Reported Cases: H.A.L. v. Foltz, 551 F.3d 1227 (11th Cir. 2008); A.P. v. Feaver, 293 Fed. Appx. 635 (11th Cir. 2008); N.J.H. v. Nickerson, 2008 WL 2509754 (N.D. Fla. June 18, 2008); R.K. v. Kanaskie, 426 F.Supp. 2d 1290 (S.D. Fla. 2006); A.S. v. McNair, 2006 WL 4821450 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 22, 2006); S.M. v. Feaver, 2004 WL 213198 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 22, 2004); Jones v. Fla. Dep't of Children & Family Servs., 202 F. Supp. 2d 1352 (S.D.Fla.2002); D.J. v. Fla. Dep't of Children & Families, 890 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Born: Miami, Florida

ISLN: 916052377