Christina Harris Schwinn joined the firm in 2005. Her primary practice areas are employment law, business transactions, community association law and real estate law. Prior to joining the firm, she served as General Counsel for two large companies that provided human resource and staffing services: HR Logic, Inc. and The Vincam Group, Inc., which was later acquired by ADP, Inc. As General Counsel for both HR Logic, Inc. and The Vincam Group, she was responsible for managing the legal and legislative affairs and overseeing the Human Resource Departments of both companies. Additionally, she served as a national vice president for AIG Risk Management, Inc., where she was responsible for overseeing the marketing and development of insurance products for the temporary staffing and the professional employer industries.
Over the years, she has served in numerous leadership roles in a number of trade organizations and on the boards of many not for profit entities, including the Junior Achievement of Southwest, Florida, the Human Resource Management Association of Southwest Florida, Inc., a SHRM affiliate, serving as its Legislative Director, Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund, the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc., and past board member of the Advisory Board for the Small Business Development Council at Florida Gulf Coast University.
She has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Nevada at Reno with a major in Criminal Justice and an undeclared minor in Psychology, a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a Master of Laws in Real Property Development and Finance Law from the University of Miami’s Graduate Law Program and a Master of Laws in Employment Law from Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law.
She has received numerous awards, including the Michaeline A. Doyle Volunteer Leadership Award from the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations in 2001 and the Robert F. Krinock Outstanding Senior Award while in law school.
Ms. Schwinn is an accomplished public speaker who speaks frequently to groups on a number of employment law topics and regularly writes articles that have been published both locally and nationally. Ms. Schwinn has served as a volunteer attorney for Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc. in Sarasota and performs pro bono work for the Lee County Alliance for the Arts.
Publications
Article:
- Christina Harris Schwinn, Â Half-Time or Time and One-Half? Recent Developments Deprive Employees of Their Rightful Overtime Compensation under the FSLA, Northeastern University Law Journal, Vol. 6 No. 2, 411-434.
Practice Areas
Business Law
Community Association (Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowners Associations)
Employment
Real Estate
Civil Litigation
Admitted to Practice
Florida Bar (1991)
Florida State Court
Federal District Court, Middle District of Florida (2009)
Education
Truckee Meadows Community College, Associates in Arts (1983)
University of Nevada, Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice (1985)
Thomas J. Cooley Law School, Juris Doctor, Cum Laude (1990)
University of Miami, Master of Laws, Real Property Development and Finance Law (LL.M. 1991)
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, Master of Laws, Employment Law (LL.M. 2012)
Bar and Professional Association Memberships
The Florida Bar
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Committee
Florida Bar Condominium and Planned Unit Development Committee
Employment Law Committee
Lee County Bar Association
Past Board Member, Florida Gulf Coast University Small Business Development Council (SBDC) Advisory Board
Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida
Director and Legislative Chair, HRMA Southwest Florida
Lee County Alliance for the Arts
Board Member, Childcare of Southwest Florida, Inc.
Awards & Recognitions
- Michaeline A. Doyle Volunteer Leadership Award from the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (2001)
- Robert F. Krinock Outstanding Senior Award from Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1990)
Community Service
- Dress for Success SW Florida, Inc.
- Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida
- Habit for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties
- PACE Center for Girls Lee County
- Southwest Florida Community Foundation; Women’s Legacy Fund
- Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc.
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