Diane P. Perez is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment. As a native of Florida, born in Hialeah and raised in Miami and Hollywood, Ms. Perez understands the dynamics of the state, especially the employees and companies she serves throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. As a second-generation Cuban-American, the law firm she put her name to, Diane Perez, P.A., focuses on employment law litigation and counseling and represents both employers and employees in federal and state courts and before federal, state and local agencies.
Ms. Perez is a graduate from the University of Miami Law School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor for the University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review and from where she earned her Juris Doctor with High Honors. Ms. Perez also earned a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Magazine Journalism from the University of Florida.
Prior to opening her firm, Ms. Perez gained practical experience in the field of employment law during her tenure with four national labor and employment law firms, exclusively representing management in a variety of labor and employment law matters. She also taught on employment-related issues before the Florida Bar, the Florida Institute of CPAs, the Cuban-American CPAs Association, and the Dade County Bar Association, among many others. She has also spoken before the American Bar Association on equal pay.
Ms. Perez has authored and co-authored various articles, including on FLSA class-action lawsuits, unemployment compensation benefits law, and the National Labor Relations Act and has authored articles on pregnancy discrimination under The Florida Civil Rights Act.
Ms. Perez is admitted to practice law by the Florida Bar and before the United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She is a former President of the Coral Gables Bar Association and is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Cuban American Bar Association's quarterly publication, "CABA Briefs." She was appointed to and currently serves as the co-chair of the Standing Committee on Technology of the Florida Bar and on the Labor and Employment Law Certification Committee of the Florida Bar.
Past Positions
Littler Mendelson, P.C., Attorney, February 2022 - July 2022
Jackson Lewis LLP, Attorney, December 2011-June 2012
Meyer White LLP, Attorney, January 2010-December 2011
Ford & Harrison LLP, Attorney, September 2008-January 2010
Weiss, Serota et al., P.A., Attorney, September 2007-August 2008; May 2006-August 2006
Certified Legal Specialties
Read2Succeed
Cuban American Bar Pro Bono Project
Honors“Rising Star”, Florida Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers, Florida Super Lawyers
Classes & Seminars
Speaker, Florida Institute of CPAs
Speaker, Cuban American CPAs Association
Speaker, Dade County Bar Association
Speaker, ABA Mid-Year Meeting
Speaker, The Seminar Group
Speaker, The Florida Bar
Published WorksCo-Author, “Pre-Notice Communications with Potential FLSA Class Members May Get Attorneys in Hot Water When They Run Afoul of Florida’s Ethics Rules”, The Checkoff, April, 2010
Co-Author, "Approved Legislation Revises Florida's Unemployment Compensation Law", CABA Briefs, May, 2012
Author, “Does the Florida Civil Rights Act Prohibit Pregnancy Discrimination”, The Bulletin, 2012-2013
Author, “Eleventh Circuit: National Labor Relations Board Erred in Finding Stagehands are Employees of Referring Agency Under the Common Law of Agency”, The Checkoff, July, 2016
