Primary Office

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East

West Palm Beach, Florida
33401-6194

P: (800) 749-1980
(561) 655-1980

F: (561) 655-5677

ksonderling@gunster.com

Keith Sonderling is an associate who joined the firm in 2008. Mr. Sonderling was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission for a term beginning in 2012 and ending in 2016.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• Labor and Employment Litigation
• Labor and Employment Counseling
• Business and Complex Commercial Litigation

Education[ - ]

• Nova Southeastern University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
• University of Florida, B.S., magna cum laude, 2005

Honors[ - ]

• Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2012
• Nova Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
• Book Awards: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Advanced Legal Research
• Nova Law Dean’s Merit Scholarship/Dean’s List
• Florida Blue Key/Florida Cicerones
• UF Presidential Honor Roll/Dean’s List

Seminars & Presentations[ - ]

• “President Obama’s Second Term Agenda for Employers: Practical Business Strategies for Addressing Healthcare Reform and the Systemic Enforcement of Employment Laws,” February 2013
• “Wage Recovery Local Ordinances: The New Frontier in Wage & Hour Litigation,” November 2012
• “Expect the Unexpected: Identifying Legal Issues Relating to Employee Requests Under the ADA and FMLA,” August and September 2011
• Social Media & the Law, Strategies Every HR Professional Should “Follow,” October 2010
• “Wage County” An Overview of Miami-Dade County’s Wage-Theft Ordinance, March 2010
• Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, Bioethics and Health Law Consortium of South Florida, November 2006

Publications[ - ]

• “POLST: A Cure for the Common Advance Directive-It’s Just What the Doctor Ordered,” 33 Nova Law Review, 451 (2009)
• “Race, Gender, National Origin, and Insurance Choice? The New Protected Class of Employees Under the Affordable Care Act,” Daily Business Review, April 16, 2013

 

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• Judicial Nomination Commission for the Fourth District Court of Appeal, 2012-16
• Palm Beach County Bar Association
• City of Delray Beach, Civil Service Board Member, 2012-present

Bar Admissions[ - ]

• The Florida Bar, 2008
• The District of Columbia Bar, 2010

Court Admissions[ - ]

• United States District Court – Northern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals – Eleventh Circuit
• United States Tax Court

Civic & Community Service[ - ]

• Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, Florida POLST Advisory Board, 2010-present
• Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Board of Directors, 2013-present
• Maverick PAC-Chairman’s Circle Member
  Chairmans Circle Member
  Palm Beach County Leadership
• Nova Southeastern University Law Alumni Board, Board of Directors, 2010-present
• Spanish River High School Foundation, Board of Directors, 2012-present
• Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Boca Raton, 2013 Class
• Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic – Audio Recording Volunteer, 2011-present
• Republican Jewish Coalition
  Young Leadership, Board of Directors, 2009-present
• Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
  Emerging Leadership Project, 2009-11
• Anti-Defamation League – Glass Leadership Institute, 2008-09
• AIPAC, Boca Club Member
• Special Prosecutor Program, Office of the State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit, 2009

Prior Professional Experience[ - ]

• Recognized for achievements in television broadcasting by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Associated Press, Florida Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists