Thomas C. Raine | Stearns Weaver Miller

Overview

Thomas “Tom” Raine is an Associate in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law jointly with his M.B.A. from the University of Miami Herbert Business School.

During law school, Tom was a law clerk in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department, assisting employers in their defense of discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims among others. Tom was also a legal intern at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Additionally, he served as a Research Assistant where he assisted in conceptualizing two law review articles that aimed to define and propose solutions for the recent “Fake News” phenomenon through a media law perspective.

Tom is an active contributor to the Firm’s labor and employment law blog, BeLabor the Point.

Publications & Presentations

Publications: The 4-Day Workweek May Not Be A Pipe Dream After All…
BeLabor the Point Blog |August 2021

Events, Firm Announcements, In the Media, Labor & Employment News Update, Publications: Breaking Through the Noise: Labor & Employment Issues Post-Pandemic
Stearns Weaver Miller News Program Special|June 2021

Publications: Florida Provides Sweeping Pandemic Liability Protection for Businesses
BeLabor the Point Blog|April 2021

Publications: Is Sex Addiction Discrimination a Thing?
BeLabor the Point Blog|December 2020

Publications: Even Stuck at Home, Humans are Still the Best Recruiters
BeLabor The Point Blog|May 2020

Publications: DOL Tells Employers: No Need to Include Many Employee Perks When Calculating Overtime
BeLabor the Point Blog|December 2019

Publications: LGBTQ Rights in Employment: Does it Boil Down to the “Bathroom Use” Question Again?
BeLabor the Point Blog|November 2019

Publications: Automation and the ADA
BeLabor the Point Blog|September 2019

Publications: Pay for Travel Time? The Scenic Route to Work Won’t Cost You
BeLabor the Point Blog|August 2019

Publications: Religious Discrimination: Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow
BeLabor the Point Blog|August 2019

Publications: Biometric Time Keeping and Employee Tracking – Thumbs Up or Down?
BeLabor the Point Blog|April 2019

Publications: An Ounce of Benefits is Worth a Pound of Pay
BeLabor the Point Blog|March 2019

Publications: Gambling at Work: Everybody Out of the (Office) Pool
Daily Business Review|January 2019

Publications: Employing Workers with Student Debt? Bipartisan Bill Could Help.
BeLabor the Point Blog|November 2018

Publications: Recruiting with Technology? Don’t Forget the “Human” in Human Resources
BeLabor the Point Blog|October 2018

Publications: You Fire Your HR Manager for Encouraging Employees to Sue. No Problem, right? Think Again
BeLabor the Point Blog|October 2018

Publications: Kiwis Will Have the Protection of Paid Domestic Violence Leave. What About Floridians?
BeLabor The Point Blog |September 2018

Publications: Do You Know What Your Employees Really Want?
BeLabor The Point Blog|March 2018

Publications: Baseball’s Winter of Discontent
BeLabor The Point Blog|February 2018

Publications: “What Did You Make at Your Last Job?” – Is That Still a Question?
BeLabor the Point Blog|February 2018

Publications: Morale Makes Money: How Starbucks Raised The Bar(ista)… Again
BeLabor the Point Blog|January 2018

Newsroom

In the Media: Hear from Marlins, Fisher Island and EEOC leaders about post-COVID labor issues
Miami Herald|June 2021

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment

Education

J.D., cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2020
- Dean’s Full Merit Scholarship
- Dean’s List
M.B.A., University of Miami Herbert Business School, 2020
B.A., magna cum laude, Florida International University, 2016
- Honors College
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Admissions

Florida