Cynthia N. Sass has been practicing law in Florida for over 35 years. She formed Sass Law Firm in 1993 to exclusively focus on representing public and private sector employees in employment disputes. Her firm's mission is to provide the client with an honest assessment of each case, ensure they are educated on the options and remedies available to them through the law, and strategize with the client to accomplish their goals. In doing so, her firm takes an individual approach to each case, advising clients on the potential results, litigation costs, and other means of resolving their employee disputes. To provide her clients with the best service, Ms. Sass prioritizes keeping current on the trends affecting employee rights, changes in rules and agency positions, and the most recent applicable case law.
Cynthia is often asked to write or speak on employment law-related topics, especially those related to representing employees. She is the current Editor-in-Chief for the national treatise, Employment at Will, A State-by-State Survey, published by the American Bar Association and Bloomberg. Starting in 2011, Cynthia served as the treatise’s Southeast Regional Editor, while co-authoring the Florida chapter and its annual supplements. Ms. Sass authored a chapter on Discovery and Deposing the Alleged Harasser and Defense Witnesses: The Plaintiff’s Perspective, for the TIPS book Sexual Harassment and Retaliation: A Practical Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense published by the American Bar Association in 2019. She was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court and served on the Standard Jury Instructions Committee – Civil Cases, a Special Committee of The Florida Bar. During her time on that committee, she was Chair of the Spoliation Subcommittee and a member of the Employment Subcommittee, as well as the Negligence Subcommittee. These committees were responsible for drafting the standard state jury instructions on spoliation, private-sector whistleblowing, and the Florida Civil Rights Act. Cynthia Sass is also a successful litigator, with published opinions. Ms. Sass holds various national and regional leadership positions, along with committee appointments, and is an active Federal Mediator/Florida Supreme Court Mediator Circuit Civil.
Sass Law Firm has been nationally recognized as a Best Law Firm in Employment Law for Individuals in Tampa by U.S. News & World Report since 2011. Cynthia Sass has been honored by various local, state, and national independent sources including being AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and listed by The Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law – Individuals since 2007, and named its Attorney of the Year in 2017 in that category for Tampa. Cynthia has also been recognized by Super Lawyers® in Employment Law since 2006 and has made the Super Lawyers® Top 50 Women in Florida list published by Thomson Reuters. In addition, she has been recognized by Tampa Magazine as a Top Lawyer in Labor and Employment in the Tampa Bay Area. Ms. Sass is honored to be a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers as listed by Lawdragon. The various honors she has received accurately reflect Cynthia’s reputation as an attorney, dedication to assisting her clients, and high ethical values.
For a full list of Cynthia’s awards, publications, speaking engagements, and associations, check out her Resume CV.
