University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee - Business
Attorney at William J. Carnes, Attorney at Law
W J
Carnes
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
William Jeffrey Carnes, Managing Director of Lectores Information Technology, with emphasis on labor/management education and training, also practices labor law in Tampa, Florida. (wjcarnes.com)
Jeff attended Wingate University earning his Associate Degree in Business Administration and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with concentrations in Business Administration and Economics from Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He earned his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida. Jeff Carnes serves on the University of South Florida faculty; having taught courses in Labor and Employment Law, Management Ethics and Labor Negotiation and Collective Bargaining Agreement Administration in the School of Business Administration, since 1993.
Jeff was firefighter and union activist with the Temple Terrace Firefighters IAFF Local, later rising to rank of Captain with the Tampa Fire Department and member of IAFF Local 754, serving as executive board member, negotiation team member and political director. He served as President of the Bay Area Council of Firefighters and the 10th District Vice President of the Florida Professional Firefighters. He is a current member of FTP/NEA and the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee.
Jeff Carnes’s Labor Law practice includes providing counsel and representation to more than seventy bargaining units representing employees of government (firefighters, paramedics and general employees), public utilities, industrial, construction and craft trades.
Specialties: Jeff Carnes is a teacher and consultant on matters of labor/managment relations and employment law. Negotiation and mediation advocacy are a large part of his expertise.
Adjunct Professor, teaching Labor/Employment Law and Management Ethics
Labor and Employment Law, Management Ethics and Labor Negotiations and Contract Administration.
BA
Business Administration and Economics
ABA
Business Administration and Economics
JD
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