FIU Law congratulates Rocio Blanco Garcia ’12 on being promoted to Shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest employment and labor law firm.
While in law school, Ms. Garcia was the symposium editor of the FIU Law Review and worked for a boutique firm handling complex litigation, including mass torts. She graduated in the top five of her law school class.
After graduation, Ms. Garcia was a senior assistant county attorney with the Broward County Office of the County Attorney, where she represented Florida’s second largest county in harassment and discrimination matters and labor proceedings. Ms. Garcia also has extensive experience handling appeals, including before the Fourth District Court of Appeal and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
At Littler, Ms. Garcia counsels and represents clients in a broad range of labor and employment matters. She handles cases before state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Ms. Garcia also has considerable experience in leaves and accommodations and devotes a significant portion of her practice to advising clients nationwide on leaves of absences and the Americans with Disabilities Act.