CHARLES CAULKINS
PARTNER, FISHER PHILLIPS, FORT LAUDERDALE
Fisher Phillips is a labor and employment law firm representing employers. The firm has offices in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, along with 33 offices throughout the U.S. The firm has founded a non-profit, FP Cares, focused on implementing programming focused on children. “Our mission is to extend the culture of Fisher Phillips to the communities where we live and work in order to help kids prepare to become successful members of the workforce of the future,” Caulkins says. Caulkins, who has been with the firm for 35 years, is in the second year of a two-year term as chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
| EDUCATION | Monmouth College (BA), Creighton University (JD), New York University (LLM) |
| PROFESSIONAL EVOLUTION | My undergraduate degree in philosophy helped me develop valuable career skills in reading and understanding complex information, making logical arguments and thinking about things from different perspectives. |
| WORRIES ABOUT | As a grandfather, I am consumed by the level of national debt that my grandchild will inherit. |
| SABBATICAL TOPIC | A deep dive into future financial investments such as cryptocurrency |
| READING | The Daily Stoic, by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman |