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Eduardo A. Suarez-Solar, Esq.

Ed Suarez Mr. Suarez-Solar has represented and advised small, medium and large organizations in all aspects of labor and employment relations as well as provided strategic business development advice to hundreds of companies, not-for-profits and government entities over the past twenty plus years. Mr. Suarez has extensive experience in advising employers regarding business development, human resource management and legal compliance issues as well as traditional labor matters.

Having worked at all organizational levels, from production worker up to acquiring a manufacturing facility near bankruptcy and turning it around to a thriving company with over 150 employees which generated $30 million in sales; Mr. Suarez-Solar understands his client’s frustrations, opportunities and challenges. As an advisor/consultant, Mr. Suarez-Solar has been requested to fulfill roles such as interim Plant Director for a 155 employee plant in the N.E. United States as well as an interim V.P. of H.R. for a 1500 plus employee restaurant chain.

As an Executive Coach and Mentor, he has assisted executives at all levels to develop their leadership and management practices; thereby enhancing organizational performance.

As a former Union member, Mr. Suarez-Solar has experienced the effects that unions have on organizations. He has advised hundreds of clients on how to manage their businesses to improve employee relations and increase productivity through motivated employees, streamlined systems and well-defined processes. Mr. Suarez-Solar pulls from his experiences as a production worker, manager and owner when advising clients in legal and non-legal matters.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Suarez-Solar was a Federal Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Denver, Colorado and worked with the Bibb County District Attorney in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Suarez-Solar is a member of the State Bar of Florida as well as the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He participates in the Labor and Employment and Workers’ Compensation sections of both. Mr. Suarez-Solar is admitted to practice before the U.S. District for the Middle District of Florida.

Mr. Suarez-Solar is a speaker at National, State and Local levels and has authored numerous articles for various publications.

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St. Louis University

BS – Personnel & Industrial Relations
1987

MS – Operation Management
1988

Georgia College & State University

MPA – Personnel Management
1991

Mercer University

Juris Doctorate

Bibb County District Attorney’s Office
Prosecutors Office
1989-1991

National Labor Relations Board
Federal Labor Board
1992-1993

Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves
Labor & Employment Law Firm
1993-1996

Krukowski & Costello
Labor & Employment Law Firm
1996-1997

Harper, Gerlach
Labor & Employment Law Firm
2004-2009

Rockford Industries
Production Worker
1984-1985

Brennan, Thomson & Associates
Management Consulting Firm
1985-1987

Stress Center of St. Charles County
Mental Healthcare Organization
1985-1988

West Coast Employer Association /
Integrated Employer Resources
Owner – H.R. Employer Group
1997-Present

Master Packaging, Inc.
Owner – Manufacturing Company
2001-2005

Florida Bar

Federal Middle District of Florida