Joseph Perea | Fort Lauderdale Employment Lawyer

Joseph Perea, is a graduate of Florida International University and attended law school at Nova Southeastern University. He has been a member of the Florida bar since 2007. Joseph attended Miami-Dade public schools and grew up in Miami.  Before college, Joseph served active duty in the infantry in the United States Marines for four years, receiving an honorable discharge. It was his experience in the Marines that taught him discipline and dedication. At FIU, he studied Journalism and Mass Communication for which he received a bachelor’s degree.  Later, he worked in writing centers and taught English at Miami-Dade College and Barry University. A short time later he attended law school in Fort Lauderdale.  He has turned his life experiences into a sense of commitment and dedication to passionately representing injury victims and their families. Joseph has litigated worker’s compensation as well as employment and wrongful termination litigation cases for the last 16 years.  One of Joe’s specialties is representing work injury victims in circuit court, when they are wrongfully terminated or discriminated against by their employers for having filed a worker’s compensation claim.

Moreover, Joseph has experience practicing commercial litigation, has practiced in Federal Court representing plaintiffs seeking to recover their overtime and minimum wage wages under the FLSA, and has represented personal injury plaintiffs. Joseph is proud that he has never represented an insurance company and is strictly dedicated to representing regular people who need help. Joe is fluent in Spanish and English and is proud of his Colombian heritage. He works hard to obtain justice for injury victims in both the Hispanic and non-Hispanic communities. He particularly enjoys working on denied cases whereby an injured worker is denied coverage while working on construction sites throughout Florida. He has obtained very good results in these kinds of cases and welcomes referrals. Although based in South Florida, he represents injured workers all over the State of Florida and is well-known among members of the workers’ compensation bar. Outside of work, Joe enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. He is married with three children and lives in Miami.