Alamea Deedee Bitran

Education

• Florida International University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2016
  • Jackson Lewis P.C. Fellow
  • Articles & Comments Editor, FIU Law Review
  • FIU Law Board of Advocates Appellate Moot Court Team
  • Intramural Appellate Advocacy Competition Semi-Finalist & Best Brief Runner-Up Award
  • Book Awards: (1) Employment Discrimination, (2) Employment Law, (3) Medical Malpractice, (4) Florida Law and Procedure, (5) Focused Topics in Employment Discrimination Seminar
• University of Florida, B.S., Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, summa cum laude, 2012

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• District of Columbia
• New York

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Languages

• Hebrew

• Florida Board of Bar Examiners, selected to provide professional services for the preparation and scoring of the General Bar Examination
• First Vice Chair, Communications Committee, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section (2023-Present)
• Executive Board Member, Florida Chapter of the Zionist Organization of America (2016 – 2018)
• Women’s International Zionist Organization, Membership Outreach (2016-2019)
• Broward County Bar Association (2016- Present)
• President, FIU Employment & Labor Law Society (2014 – 2016)

Presentations

• Panelist, "Diversity and Intersectionality Panel," FIU Law, (October 3, 2023)
• Panelist, "Discrimination in the Workplace," FIU Law (September 2018)
• Panelist, "#MeToo: A Discussion about Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace," FIU Law (March 2018)

Publications

• "Me Too, Unless You're a Jew," The Floridian (March 21, 2024)
• "PUMP Act: New Law that Should be on Every Employer’s Radar," Daily Business Review (October 24, 2023) 
• "Florida-Based McDonald’s Franchisee Sued for Failure to Accommodate," Florida Bar Business Law Section Blog (July 20, 2023)
• Author, "New Federal Laws are Reshaping the Landscape for Women’s Rights in the Workforce," Florida Bar Business Law Section Blog (May 25, 2023)
• Author, "A Florida Employer's Guide to Navigating Covid-19 in Phase III," Florida Bar Business Law Section Blog (October 14, 2020)
• Author, "Florida's New Law Voids Certain Physician Non-Competition Agreements," Florida Bar Business Law Section, (September 23, 2019)
• Author, Decoding the Basics on Service and Emotional Support Animals, Daily Business Review (May 8, 2019)
• Author, Supreme Court to Hear Landmark LGBTQ Cases, Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y, The Issue Spotter (April 24, 2019)
• Author, Navigating Proposals for Settlement When a Complaint Seeks Monetary & Non-Monetary Relief, Florida Bar Business Law Section Blog (October 2018)
• Author, The Risks of a Legislative Trend in Response to #MeToo, Harvard Law and Policy Review Blog (March 2018)
• Author, US First Amendment Employment Law Case Quotes Game of Thrones and Serves as a Reminder to Employers to Respect Freedom of Political Association, Oxford Business Law Blog (September 2017)
• Co-author, Leave Law, Troubleshooting HR Legal Nightmares, National Business Institute (June 2017)
• Co-author, Wellness Programs that Invite Legal Liabilities, Troubleshooting HR Legal Nightmares, National Business Institute (June 2017)
• Author, “Anti-Israel,” a Camouflage Platform for “Anti-Semitism:” Anti-BDS Legislation is Wholly Constitutional, National Law Review (2016); 29 St. Thomas L. Rev. 1 (2016)
• Author, “Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Results: Benign Racial Favoritism to Remedy Mere Statistical Disparate Impact is Never Constitutionally Permissible,” 11 FIU L. REV. 427 (2016)
• Author, “What is Due With a Due Date: Reasonable Pregnancy Accommodations in the Workplace”, Women's Rights Law Reporter at Rutgers School of Law, 37 WOMEN'S RTS. L. REP. 134 (2016)
• Author, “The Uber Innovations that Lyfted Our Standards Out of Thin Air[bnb], Because Now, ‘There’s an App for That,’” 8(2) ELON L. REV. 503 (2016)
• Author, “‘Anti-Israel,’ a Camouflage Platform for ‘Anti-Semitism,’” FIU Law, 2016

• "Deedee Bitran ’16, published in The Women’s Rights Law Reporter and St. Thomas Law Review," FIU Law, July 2017
• “FIU Law 3L Wins PLF Scholarship for Second Consecutive Year," FIU Law, March 2016
• "Third Year student awarded two national awards and selected for publication," FIU Law, January 2016
• "Third-year law student Deedee Bitran wins Reeves Law Group Scholarship,” FIU Law, January 2016
• “Deedee Bitran Named 2016 Winner of 2^nd Annual Law Student Writing Award,” National Academy of Social Insurance, January 2016
• “Rising 3L Deedee Bitran receives The Florida Bar’s Labor and Employment Law scholarship,” FIU Law, June 2015
• “Howell and Christmas Announce Visionary Scholarship Winner,” Howell and Christmas Blog
• “Employment and Labor Law Society hosts roundtable discussion,” FIU Law, September 2015
• "Third-year law student DeeDee Bitran attends PLF's 2015 gala; receives award," FIU Law, Student News, September 2015
• “Hope for the future,” Pacific Legal Foundation Liberty Blog, April 2015
• “Law student wins writing competition, takes home $3,000 prize,” FIU News, March 2015
• “FIU Law’s Employment and Labor Law Society hosts first-ever Employment and Labor Law Review,” FIU Law, March 2015

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