About Michele
Michele L. Stocker is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience representing clients in the financial services industry including local and national banks, consumer finance companies, mortgage bankers, credit card companies, and third-party debt collectors. She also regularly advises clients in employment-related matters involving discrimination, harassment, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour issues.
Michele L. Stocker is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience representing clients in the financial services industry including local and national banks, consumer finance companies, mortgage bankers, credit card companies, and third-party debt collectors. She also regularly advises clients in employment-related matters involving discrimination, harassment, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour issues.
Michele L. Stocker is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience representing clients in the financial services industry including local and national banks, consumer finance companies, mortgage bankers, credit card companies, and third-party debt collectors. She also regularly advises clients in employment-related matters involving discrimination, harassment, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour issues.
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Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Fort Lauderdale (2026)
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Practice Area: Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Special Focus: Banking
- AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
- Who's Who in Black South Florida, "South Florida's Most Influential," 2007
- "South Florida's 100 Most Accomplished Black's in Law" ICABA, 2009
- Business Leader magazine "South Florida's Women Extraordinaire," 2011
- "Love For Literacy Gala Honoree," Love for Literacy Gala, Crockett Foundation Inc., March 2012
- "2012 Glass Ceiling Award," The Florida Women's Conference - National Diversity Council, March 2012
- Florida Trend magazine, "Legal Elite," Commercial Litigation, 2012
- The Diversity Journal's "11th Annual Women Worth Watching Issue, 2013," September/October 2012
- Law360 "Employment Practice Group of the Year," 2011 & 2013
- "2013 Top Hat Salute to Women of Achievement Award'" Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 9, 2013
- South Florida Legal Guide, "Top Lawyers in South Florida," 2014
