Areas of Practice
- LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
- LITIGATION - CIVIL
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Labor & Employment Litigation
- Product Liability
Industries
Education
- J.D., Washington University Law School, 1986
- B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1983
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and Federal Circuits
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Memberships
- The Florida Bar, Labor & Employment and Trial Lawyer Sections
- State Bar of Texas, Insurance, Employment and Litigation Sections
- Broward County Bar Association
- Dallas Bar Association, Tort/Insurance and Employment Sections
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Society for Human Resource Management
Suite 1500
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
TEL: 954-527-2432
FAX: 954-333-4032
Mr. Kolb has defended employment claims for over 20 years before State and federal courts, administrative bodies and arbitration panels. He has successfully defended State and Federal discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, USERRA, FLSA overtime, wrongful termination, wage, and unemployment claims. He has fought FLSA overtime compliance audits by the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, and has successfully litigated FLSA collective action overtime suits. He has successfully litigated ERISA and COBRA claims, defending both employers and plan administrators. He has drafted and successfully enforced and voided non-compete agreements in the petroleum, health care and financial services industries. Mr. Kolb draws on this experience to advise management on best practices and claims avoidance, and to oversee internal investigations. Mr. Kolb serves clients in the marine, healthcare, video retail, aerospace and electronics industries.
Mr. Kolb also has significant product liability experience, which includes defense work for Coca-Cola and Bausch & Lomb.
Mr. Kolb's insurance coverage and bad faith experience has focused on Life, Health, D&O, E&O, CGL, Maritime, Excess and Umbrella policies. He has provided coverage opinions, participated in mediations of liability claims as coverage counsel and has defended bad faith claims for over 20 years.
Prior to joining Ruden McClosky, Mr. Kolb was a partner with Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP of Dallas, where he practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance, labor & employment, and medical device product liability.
An AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Kolb is a member of The Florida Bar, Labor & Employment and Trial Lawyer Sections as well as the State Bar of Texas, Insurance, Employment and Litigation Sections. He is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th and Federal Circuits and is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
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Publications
- FMLA Parental Rights Extended to Same Sex Partners
- Obama Administration to Issue New Regulations Expanding Some FMLA Rights to Gay Couples
- Miami-Dade County Criminalizes Late Payment of Wages
- Parsing Profanity to Find a "Hostile Work Environment"?
- Double-Barrel Overtime Liability
- It's a Brave New World at EEOC
- The Economics of Vigilence
- The Collision of Sex Stereotyping and Infinite Stupidity
Speaking Engagements
- It's Time to Dust Off Your Employment Practices
- Marine Industries Association of South Florida Conference