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Robin Taylor Symons

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Miami

200 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 4300
Miami, FL 33131

Ph: (305) 668-4433
Fax: (877) 634-7245


Robin Taylor Symons is the Co-Managing Partner of the Miami office and a member of the Labor and Employment, Insurance, and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Ms. Symons’ litigation and counseling practice focuses on employment practices liability, directors and officers liability, and complex insurance coverage litigation across all lines of insurance. Ms. Symons provides legal counsel and advice to small and mid-size employers, and has served as counsel to the local state court. She has tried numerous employment and insurance coverage cases, and serves as monitoring counsel/coverage counsel for insurers nationwide.

Ms. Symons’ labor and employment law expertise is also provided to businesses and specialty business groups across the U.S. through a computer-based national hotline service known as “the workplace HELPLINE®” (www.helpline-group.com). 

Ms. Symons also has considerable experience handling commercial litigation and professional liability claims, and has defended numerous complex cases in these areas including class actions, binding arbitrations, and RICO lawsuits. 

Admissions

Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Memberships

Florida Bar, member of Employment Tort and Litigation Sections and former two-term Chair of the Grievance Committee
Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Foundation Board Member and Southeast Chapter Steering Committee Member, former Chair of the Southeast Chapter
University of Illinois Foundation, President’s Council Member
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, former Trustee Member
Business Forums International Miami Chapter, Communications Chair

Community Involvement

Museum of Coral Gables, Founding Member
Coral Gables Parks & Recreation, former Advisory Board Member
Shake-A-Leg

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Education

J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1982

  • Dean’s List

B.S., Florida Southern College, 1979

  • Top 10%

Honors

Top Lawyer Designations

  • Florida Trend
  • South Florida Legal Guide
  • South Florida Business Journal

“Notable Practitioner” distinction in the field of Employment & Labor Law – Florida, Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (2011)

Super Lawyers® distinction in the fields of Employment & Labor, Insurance Coverage and Business/Corporate (2006-2012, Law & Politics)

Top Rated Lawyer-AV® Preeminent™,
Martindale-Hubbell, Labor & Employment

Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers® (2007)