Irma Reboso Solares
Partner

Miami

Email: is@jordenusa.com
Phone: 305.347.6843
Fax: 305.372.9928

Irma Solares is a Partner in the Miami office of Jorden Burt. Her practice focuses on complex state and federal litigation, representing both U.S. and foreign clients involved in commercial disputes and arbitration. Ms. Solares represents insurance carriers and financial institutions in individual cases and class actions involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud, false advertising, breach of fiduciary duty, bad faith, unfair trade practices and violation of consumer protection statutes.

Ms. Solares also has substantial experience litigating labor and employment law disputes in state and federal courts and representing clients before administrative agencies such as the EEOC and the NLRB. She has successfully represented employers on single plaintiff and class/collective action claims of age, sex, race and disability discrimination, claims alleging workplace harassment and retaliation, wage and hour claims, and trade secret litigation. Ms. Solares regularly advises clients on a broad range of employment matters and has substantial experience negotiating, drafting and litigating employment agreements. She is chair of the firm's Employment and ERISA Practice Team.

Representative Matters

• Transamerica Life Ins. Co. v. Moore, 274 F.R.D. 602 (E.D. Ky. 2011)
• Lindley v. Life Insurance Co. of America, 2010 WL
• Stone v. Jackson National Life Ins. Co., 934 So.2d 532 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2006)
• Friedman v. New York Life Ins. Co., 410 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2005)
• Yurus v. Variable Life Annuity Life Ins. Co., No. 4:01cv17/RV/SMN (N.D. Fla. 2004)
• Minton v. American Bankers Insurance Group, 2002 WL 1040984 (S.D. Fla. 2002), aff'd 2003 WL 21303330 (11th Cir. 2003)
• FOGADE v. ENB Revocable Trust, 263 F.3d 1274 (11th Cir. 2001)
• Miami Heart Institute v. Reis, 638 So.2d 530 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
• Gordon v. Flamingo Holding Partnership, 624 So.2d 294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)
• American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. C.G. Gulf Property Associates, L.P., 595 So.2d 142 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)
• Feldman v. Glucroft, 580 So.2d 866 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Speeches and Publications

• Contributing Author: "Employment Law: A State-by-State Compendium (Florida Chapter), Defense Research Institute (2006, 2010)
• Speaker: "Tier-Rating of Health Insurance - When and Where is Individual Re-Underwriting for Claim History Permitted?," 35th Annual ABA TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Life, Health and Disability Insurance (January 2009).
• Speaker: "Recent Developments Regarding Procedural and Jurisdictional Issues Relating to CAFA," 33rd Annual ABA TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Insurance, Employment and Benefits, (January 2007)
• Speaker: "Dealing with the Injured or Ill Employee-What the Human Resources Professional Needs to Know About FMLA, ADA and Workers' Compensation Laws," Annual DRI Employment Law Seminar (May 2006)
• Co-Author: "Protecting Trade Secrets: Exploitation by Former Employees", DRI For the Defense (August 2000)