Christian M. Gunneson

Christian Gunnesonis aPartnerin Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale offices and is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Insurance Coverage and Extra-Contractual Liability, Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions, and Commercial Litigation/Directors & Officers National Practice Sections.Mr. Gunneson focuses his practice on representing management in labor and employment disputes. He has experience representing employers in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, FMLA, ADA, wage and hour (class action and single plaintiff), trade secret, and non-compete disputes. Mr. Gunneson regularly appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Department of Labor. As part of his practice, Mr. Gunneson also provides counsel to employers in various aspects of the employer-employee relationship including personnel policies and practices, employee discipline and terminations, leave management and accommodations, and wage-and-hour compliance.Mr. Gunneson also has experience representing domestic insurers and London syndicates in a variety of first and third party coverage disputes arising under errors and omissions (lawyers, agents, accountants, and miscellaneous professionals), employment practices, automobile/UIM, residential and commercial property, commercial general liability, multiline, and manuscript forms. He regularly counsels clients throughout the claim handling process and has experience pursuing declaratory judgment and contribution actions.In addition to his employment and insurance coverage practice, he has experience representing attorneys, insurance brokers and agents, surveyors, real estate agents, management companies, and other professionals in professional liability matters. He also has experience in commercial litigation matters, including contract disputes and single plaintiff and class consumer claims brough under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.While in law school, Mr. Gunneson served as a judicial extern in the chambers of the Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito (dec.), Senior District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and as a judicial extern in the chambers of the Honorable Howard T. Owens, Jr. (dec.) Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court.Christian and his wife, Bridget, are the proud parents of four children.