Juan C. Enjamio

Juan focuses on the defense of companies facing complex employment disputes.

Juan is managing partner of the firm’s Miami office. Juan regularly represents domestic and international clients in discrimination and harassment lawsuits, wage and hour collective actions and enforcement of non-competition agreements. He also counsels domestic and international clients on employment, labor and commercial issues. He has extensive experience in international litigation, complex commercial litigation, and defense of class actions.

Juan is a contributing author to the firm’s Employment & Labor Perspectives blog. He is a former Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at Florida International University’s Political Science Department.

Relevant Experience

  • Defended large employers in nationwide FLSA collective actions
  • Defended large multinational corporations in discrimination class actions
  • Defended large employers in jury trials and arbitration proceedings in cases alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims
  • Defended large multinational corporations in various race, gender, and retaliation lawsuits brought by individual or joint plaintiffs in federal courts throughout the country
  • Represented multinational corporations in employment discrimination and multi-plaintiff lawsuits in Puerto Rico
  • Represented various employers, including large corporations and small businesses, in the enforcement of non-competition agreements and the protection of trade secrets
  • Represented foreign governments in commercial disputes in state and federal courts
  • Defended multinational corporations in privacy class action lawsuits
  • Investigated claims executives of domestic and international corporations

Memberships

  • Member, United Way Center for Financial Stability
  • Member of the Board of Advisors, University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics and Public Policy
  • Member of the Board, Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation
  • Member of the Board, St. John Bosco Leadership Learning Center
  • Dean’s Advisory Council, University of Miami School of Law
  • Former Board Member, Board of Directors of the University of Florida Alumni Association
  • Former Member, Third District Court of Appeal Judicial Nomination Committee
  • Former Member, Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Cuban American Bar Association
  • Member, Dade County Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

  • Recommended for City Focus: Miami, The Legal 500 Latin America, 2022-2024
  • Recognized as a Leader in Labor & Employment, Florida, Chambers USA, 2015-2023
  • Recommended for Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense, Legal 500 United States, 2020
  • Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2020
  • Listed as a Labor and Employment Star, Florida, Benchmark Litigation, 2018-2024
  • Recognized as a Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyer, 2020-2023
  • Named among the Nation’s 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the US, Human Resources Executive magazine/Lawdragon, 2016
  • Selected as Lawyer of the Year for Labor Law – Management, The Best Lawyers in America, 2020, 2022
  • Named among the The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2015-2024
  • Named one of the “Legal Leaders” in South Florida’s Top Rated Lawyers, 2015
  • Named among the “Top Lawyers,” Labor and Employment Litigation-Defense, South Florida Legal Guide, 2013-2016
  • Named among the “Top Lawyers” in Florida, Employment and Labor and General Litigation, Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, 2007-2023

  • Named one of South Florida’s “Key Partners” by the South Florida Business Journal, 2012
  • Featured as “An Achiever” by Miami Today, April 2012
  • Featured, “Juan Enjamio Manages Hunton & Williams office,” Miami Today, April 26, 2012
  • Named one of Florida’s “Legal Elite,” by Florida Trend magazine, 2005, 2006, 2008-2010
  • Named AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 by Martindale Hubbell
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation

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