About Annette

Annette Newman built a career that runs from courtrooms and federal service to human assets and personal practice. She earned a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2009 after completing a MBA in human useful resource management at Wayland Baptist University in 2001 and a B.S. in enterprise administration in 1999. Earlier research included utilized control and accounting degrees from Central Texas College and Monterey Peninsula College within the early Nineteen Nineties.

Her professional lifestyles began in federal service. She worked for the U.S. Marshals Service after which as a courtroom deputy and administrative assistant for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. She served within the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Non-Commissioned Officer Sergeant (E-five). Those early roles gave her routine publicity to court procedures and regulatory law.

Newman moved into the private sector within the 1990s, taking over district manager and area representative duties for 7-Eleven, Inc. She later returned to human resources as a generalist for the identical organization in 2003. Those positions mixed operational oversight with personnel and compliance duties.

After law school she shifted into legal work that frequently intersected with employment problems. Her résumé lists service as a federal Equal Employment Opportunity investigator starting in 2009. She based and served as managing lawyer of the Law Office of Annette Newman, LLC in 2011. In 2018 she labored as a senior legal editor for an impartial contracting position with Thomson Reuters. In 2019 she earned certification from the Florida Supreme Court as a circuit civil mediator and has conducted mediations under the Law Office of Annette Newman, PLLC.

Her certifications include federal EEO investigator credentials and circuit civil facilitated negotiation certification from the Florida highest court. Professionally she maintains membership within the Florida Bar and participates in organizations that reflect her employment and human assets background, including the Florida National Employment Lawyers Association, the National Bar Association, and the National Employment Lawyers Association, among others.

As an attorney, Newman combines administrative and military knowledge, HR education and courtroom familiarity. She has handled EEO investigations, represented clients in employment things, edited legal content and facilitated mediations. The throughline in her profession is an emphasis on dispute resolution and place of work regulation.

She currently practices from her company and handles employment law things, mediations and EEO-related investigations.

Education

Stetson University College of Law

J.D. (2009) | Law

2009

Wayland Baptist University

MBA (2001) | Human Resource Mgmt.

2001

Wayland Baptist University

B.S. | Business Administration

1999

Central Texas College

A.A.S. (1994) | Applied Management

1994

Monterey Peninsula College

A.S. (1993) | Accounting

1993

Monterey Peninsula College

A.S. (1993) | Business Administration

1993

Languages

English (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator

Law Office of Annette Newman, PLLC
2019

Senior Legal Editor - Independent Contractor

Thompson Reuters
2018

Managing Lawyer

Law Office of Annette Newman, LLC
2011

Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator

Law Office of Annette Newman, LLC
2009

Human Resources Generalist

7-Eleven, Incorporated
2003

Field Consultant/District Manager

7-Eleven, Incorporated
1994

Non-Commissioned Officer Sergeant (E-5)

U.S. Army
1987

Courtroom Deputy/Administrative Assistant JS-9

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
1983

Administrative Deputy Clerk

U.S. Marshal s Service
1981

Accepted Jurisdictions

Federal Circuit
Florida

Certifications & Awards

EEO Investigator

NEEOISO

Circuit Civil Mediation Certification

Florida Supreme Court

Professional Associations

Florida Bar

has membership Current

Florida National Employment Lawyers Association

has membership 2015 - Current

National Black Lawyers Top 100

has membership 2016 - 2018

National Bar Association

has membership 2015 - 2018

National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)

has membership 2015 - 2017

National Employment Lawyers Association

has membership 2015 - 2017

American Bar Association

has membership 2009 - 2013

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

has membership 2008 - 2010