Jerry Ray Poole Jr - Membership information with The Florida Bar - Find more information about Jerry Ray Poole Jr on The Florida Bar website including the attorney's bar license status, eligibility status and ten year discipline history, if any. Check the Florida bar website to make sure the attorney is a member in good standing with the Florida Bar and currently licensed to practice law in Florida.
Florida Bar Board Certification in Education Law - Under Rule 6-27.2, the term "education law" is the practice of law dealing with the "legal rights, responsibilities, procedures, and practices of 'educational institutions,' students, personnel employed by or on behalf of educational institutions, and the guardians and parents of students participating in education."
Lawyers certified in Education Law by the Florida Board of Legal Specialization have demonstrated substantial involvement in this area of the law.
Minimum standards for education law certification are set out in Rule 6-27.3. The standards including the practice of law for at least 5 years, substantial involvement in the specialty of education law during the 3 years immediately preceding application, and the completion 50 hours of approved education law certification continuing legal education (CLE) in the 3 years immediately preceding application. Real estate law attorneys must also submit to peer review and pass a written examination.
Florida Bar Board Certification in Employment Law - Lawyers certified in "Labor and Employment Law" by the Florida Board of Legal Specialization have demonstrated substantial involvement in this area of the law.
Under Rule 6-23.2, the term "Labor and Employment law" is defined as "advice and representation concerning the application and interpretation of public and private sector labor and employment law principles, as well as employment discrimination and employment-related civil rights law."
Attorneys that practice labor and employment law in Florida deal with "state and federal laws that apply to the employment relationship including, but not limited to:
(1) the National Labor Relations Act, as amended;
(2) the Fair Labor Standards Act;
(3) Florida's public sector collective bargaining laws and career service appeals;
(4) the Employment Retirement Income Security Act;
(5) the Family Medical Leave Act;
(6) Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Florida's Civil Rights Act;
(7) the Americans With Disabilities Act;
(8) Occupational Safety and Health Act; [and]
(9) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act."
