BRITTANY A. TARAZONA 

PARTNER
Phone (561) 293 2530   | 
Email: btarazona@AthertonLG.com

Brittany Tarazona’s practice involves a broad range of litigation matters, including employment claims, trade secret litigation, deceptive trade practices actions, contract disputes, and complex business cases. Brittany has extensive experience litigating in state and federal courts, as well as representing clients in arbitral forums and before administrative agencies, in both Florida and New York. Her experience includes representing clients in the agricultural, automotive, construction, healthcare, insurance, restaurant, and resort industries, among others.

In addition to her litigation practice, Brittany also provides employment law counseling and advice to clients, and drafts employee handbooks, restrictive covenant agreements, arbitration and class action waiver agreements, separation agreements, and executive employment contracts for her clients.

During law school, Brittany served as a Federal Court Judicial Intern for U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck and as a Start Court Judicial Intern for Judge Robin Rosenberg (prior to her federal appointment).

Representative Experience 

Employment-Related Claims – Defended wide range of public and private employers in wage and hour, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims in administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and state and federal courts.

Business Litigation – Represented clients in Lanham Act unfair competition claims, corporate governance disputes, shareholder litigations, and fraud cases.

Class Action Defense – Represented clients in putative class actions for violations of state and federal consumer protection laws, including claims under the Telephone Communications Privacy Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act.

Non-Compete and Trade Secret Matters – Drafted non-competition, non-disclosure, non-solicitation and similar documents; prosecuted and defended several restrictive covenant and trade secret cases, including defense of nutritional supplement company against breach of noncompete, tortious interferences, trade secret, and other-related claims.

Areas of Practice
  • Employment Law
  • Contract Actions
  • Complex Business Litigation
  • Deceptive Trade Practices Actions
  • Shareholder Disputes
Prior professional experience
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judicial Intern to the Honorable Paul C. Huck
  • 15th Judicial Circuit of Palm Beach County, Judicial Intern to the Honorable Robin Rosenberg
EDUCATION
  • J.D., Florida International University, 2014
  • Magna cum laude (Top 8% of graduating class)
  • FIU Law Review, Articles & Comments Editor
  • Recipient of Dean’s Scholars Scholarship & Judge Thomas C. Britton Law Scholarship
  • Dean’s List, Every Semester
  • Board of Advocates (Moot Court)
  • Highest Grade Awards for Secured Transactions, Legal Skills & Values III, and Trial Advocacy
  • B.S., Florida State University, 2011; Multinational Business Operations
  • Magna cum laude
  • Recipient of FSU College of Business E. Ray Solomon Scholarship, FSU Freshman Incentive Scholarship, and Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
  • Author, The Password Requirement: State Legislation and Social Media Access, 9 FIU L. REV 119 (2013)
BAR ADMISSIONS
  • Florida Bar
  • New York Bar
  • Southern District of Florida
  • Southern District of New York
  • Eastern District of New York
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals