In today’s political and business environment, organizations find it increasingly important to understand the intricate legislative and regulatory worlds of federal, state, and local government. RumbergerKirk represents a wide variety of clients, including municipalities, school boards, law enforcement agencies, and other governmental entities throughout Florida.
We closely monitor proposed legislative changes and statutory amendments in many areas, such as those related to labor and employment, tort reform, environmental, professional liability and insurance issues.
Our team has the capabilities necessary to help clients deal with the complexities of all levels of government to achieve results. We represent a number of major corporations in their dealings with the State of Florida, including companies involved in space exploration, pest control, nursing homes, and non-profit organizations.
We represent private and public institutions and individuals before agencies like the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Board of Medicine, Department of Financial Services and Florida Commission on Ethics in the following areas:
RumbergerKirk’s experience teaching, representing, and advising the law enforcement community and leaders provides us a unique and comprehensive skillset to allow us to handle the needs of local, county, and state law enforcement and corrections officials and agencies. Our experience representing the Florida Police Chiefs Association provides invaluable insight for advising law enforcement executives on all types of issues impacting law enforcement agencies, including hiring, training, supervising, investigating, managing, and disciplining employees as well as complex community relations and political conflicts.
Police and Sheriff’s Departments and their employees face increasing challenges in the modern world. The existence of 24/7 media coverage and the proliferation of video cameras often place police conduct in the spotlight. Amateur and professional anti-law enforcement instigators often create sensitive community relations issues that are difficult to manage and may result in life or death encounters between citizens and those sworn to protect them. We are well-versed in all areas of law enforcement operations and management, and diligently represent our clients using comprehensive strategies to mitigate risk, reduce liability, and aggressively defend claims and lawsuits.
We assist law enforcement agencies in a variety of matters including:
Intimately familiar with Florida’s statutes governing elections, we represent federal and state election candidates of both parties, as well as non-profit public interest advocacy groups. We have been actively involved in several initiatives and former campaigns including: