Anastasia Protopapadakis
Sahreholder, Gray RobinsonAnastasia
is a shareholder in GrayRobinson's Miami and Fort Lauderdale law firm offices
and currently practices in the areas of commercial litigation, funeral and
cemetery law, civil rights law, local government/municipal defense,
employment law, ADA/Title III defense, banking litigation and general tort
litigation/personal injury defense. Anastasia has state and federal court
experience in both the trial and appellate court levels. She is admitted to
practice before the U.S. Appellate Court for the 11th Circuit; U.S. District
Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida; and all
Florida trial and appellate courts. She is also admitted to practice in the
District of Columbia.
For the first five years of her career, Anastasia’s practice
concentrated solely on municipal defense, defending cities and other
municipalities in litigation matters in state, federal and appellate
courts. She has defended numerous employment litigation matters, assault
and battery cases, defamation cases, section 1981 and 1983 cases,
trip/slip and fall cases, eminent domain and inverse condemnation cases
and other general tort matters for municipalities. Anastasia has since
expanded her practice to the private sector where she defends these same
litigation matters for corporate clients. Anastasia also assists many
corporate clients through the garnishment process, both in answering
writs of garnishment and collecting on judgments through the writ of
garnishment process.
Regarding her employment litigation experience, Anastasia has defended
cases with allegations of race, age, gender, sex, pregnancy, religious
and disability discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation claims
brought under Title VII and/or the Florida Civil Rights Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and
federal and state "whistleblower" statutes. She has also defended wage
and hour claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, including
collective actions and retaliation.
Regarding her experience in defending ADA cases, she has defended
corporate and public entities from both Title II and Title III claims.
These cases include claims regarding barriers to physical access to
physical locations by disabled individuals as well as claims regarding
the accessibility of websites and mobile applications to visually
impaired and hearing impaired individuals. Anastasia has written several
articles regarding website accessibility and has been quoted on the
subject by the
Wall Street Journal.