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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Discrimination, Employment Law, Management Training, Wage and Hour Litigation, FLSA Claims

Additional Information: Chelsie Roberts concentrates her practice on litigating employment cases in state and federal courts and advising employers on various employment issues, including federal and state anti-discrimination statutes, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She regularly conducts management training on developments in various employment and labor laws. Prior to joining Ford & Harrison, Chelsie served as an associate at an Orlando law firm where she represented private and public employers in litigation and administrative actions under Title VII, the Florida Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Public Employees Relations Act. She also worked with clients regarding employment policies, employee privacy and discipline, public records and general legal/regulatory compliance.

Chelsie was elected to the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors in 2007 and has served as a Board Member of the Orange County Bar Association's Young Lawyers' Section since 2005, most recently as President (2008-2009), President-Elect (2007-2008) and Treasurer (2006-2007). She served as Co-Chair of the 2005 and 2006 Young Lawyers' Section Charity Golf Tournaments and chair of the Young Lawyers' Section Scholarship Selection Committee in 2004 and 2005. She was a 2005 honoree of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Single Greatest Night fundraising campaign and also served as a volunteer for the Orange County Guardian ad Litem Program (2003-2008).

Member: Orange County Bar Association, Executive Council, 2009.

Chair, YLS Scholarship Selection Committee, 2004, 2005. Co-Chair, YLS Golf Tournament Committee, 2005, 2006. Author: "Ninth Circuit treats reading as ADA 'major life activity'," Society for Human Resource Management, HR News, Court Report, July 2005; "No sex discrimination in post-Sept. 11 layoff," Society for Human Resource Management, HR News, Court Report, February 2005.