Stephen Muffler

Stephen C. Muffler, J.D., LL.M., is a full-time attorney and member of the Florida Bar since 1993. He has been teaching both Administrative Law and Ethics and Business Law and Ethics classes at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida since 1999. He was awarded the Adjunct Professor of the Year at H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University in 2007 and has taught graduate business law and ethics classes in five different countries. He was a former legal assistant to the Florida Bar’s ethics enforcement branch in Miami Florida and former Special Public Defender for the 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County Florida.

He currently holds the position of Deputy General Counsel for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, one of the largest fully accredited public safety agencies in the United States. In this capacity, he represents and advises the Broward County Sheriff’s Office as to issues involving litigation, government procurement, government employment, labor unions, government contracts, administrative hearings, public records requests, Florida sunshine laws, 42 USC 1983 claims, formation of agency internal policies and procedures, and state law and inter-governmental relations. He is charged with training new supervisors at the Broward Sheriff’s Office in relevant administrative law and employment law issues and publishes agency wide monthly training bulletins. He is also tasked with negotiating and drafting complex commercial transactions for this local governmental agency which has an annual budget of over 1 billion tax-payer dollars.

His civic service has included being the former Chairman of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Citizen Police Review Board and the former Executive Director of the City of Key West’s Citizen Review Board, both of which investigated and/or reviewed administrative complaints against municipal police officers. He holds a B.S. in Administration of Justice from the University of Missouri-St. Louis; J.D. from Nova Southeastern University; and a LL.M in International Law from the University of Miami, School of Law. He is a member of the Florida Sheriff’s Association and the Florida Association of Police Attorneys as well as a member of the Florida Bar’s International Law Section.

Administrative Law and Ethics
Business Law and Ethics

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B. [Muffler, S: contributing author for select chapter contents] (2014). Legal Challenges for the Global Manager and Entrepreneur 2nd Edition. Kendal Hunt Publishing.

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B. [Muffler, S.: contributing author for select chapter contents] (2009). Business Ethics: The Moral Foundation of Effective Leadership, Management & Entrepreneurship. Pearson.

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B., Muffler, S. (2018). The Duty of Loyalty in the Employment Relationship: Legal Analysis and Recommendations for Employers and Workers. Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues, 21(3), 1-27. https://www.abacademies.org/journals/journal-of-legal-ethical-and-regulatory-issues-inpress.html

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B., Muffler, S., Samuel, M., Polito, N. M. (2018). Manufacturer, Supermarket, and Grocer Liability for Contaminated Food and Beverages due to Negligence, Warranty, and Liability Laws. Economy, 5(1), 17-39. http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/Economy/issue/view/142

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B., Lawrence, E., Muffler, S. (2018). Examining the Efficacy of the Common Law Tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress and Bullying in the Context of the Employment Relationship. Business Ethics and Leadership, 2(2), 14-31. http://armgpublishing.sumdu.edu.ua/journals/bel/volume-2-issue-2/article-2/

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S., Samuel, M., Polito, N. M. (2017). Restaurant Liability for Contaminated Food and Beverages Pursuant to Negligence, Warranty, and Strict Liability Laws. Global Journal of Social Sciences Studies, 3(2), 63-100. http://www.onlinesciencepublishing.com/welcome/htmlarticle/15/191/

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S. (2016). Covenant-Not-To-Compete: The Relationship of Training and Education Criteria to Enforceability. SAM Advanced Management Journal.

Orta, M., Cavico, F., Muffler, S., Mujtaba, B. (2015). Business Plans as Legally Protected Trade Secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 6(2), 42-66.

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B., Lawrence, E., Muffler, S. (2015). Personality Tests in Employment: A Continuing Legal, Ethical, and Practical Quandary. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2(3), 60-84.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Orta, M., Muffler, S. (2014). Business Plans as Legally Protected Trade Secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 6(2), 42-66.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S. (2014). Criminal Background Checks in the American Employment Process. International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences, 3(1), 1-23.

Mujtaba, B., Nguyen, L., Muffler, S. (2014). Stress, Task, and Relationship Orientations of Dutch: Do Age, Gender, Education, and Government Work Experience Make a Difference? Public Organization Review, 14(3), 305-324.

Cavico, F., Mujtaba, B., Muffler, S., Samuel, M. (2014). Wellness Programs in the Workplace: An Unfolding Legal Quandary for Employers. International Journal of Occupational Health and Public Health Nursing, 1(1), 15-50.

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Cavico, F., Muffler, S., Mujtaba, B. (2013). Language Diversity and Discrimination in the American Workplace: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Considerations for Management. Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 7(1), 20-58.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S., Samuel, M. (2013). Social Media and the Workplace: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Considerations for Management. Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 12(1), 1-46.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S. (2012). Appearance Discrimination, "Lookism" and "Lookphobia" in the Workplace. Journal of Applied Business Research, 28(5), 791-802.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Muffler, S. (2012). Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in the American Workplace: Legal and Ethical Considerations. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(1), 1-20.

Mujtaba, B., Muffler, S., Cavico, F. (2010). Diversity, Disparate Impact, and Ethics in Business: Implications of the New Haven Firefighters' Case and the Supreme Court's Ricci v. DeStefano Decision. SAM: Advanced Management Journal, 75(3), 11-20.

Muffler, LL.M., J.D., S. (2008). Medellin v. Texas: (USA LEO/Police Interrogations & Int'l Law). Fla. Bar's International Law Quarterly, 24(1), 1.

Mujtaba, B., Cavico, F., Petrescu, M., Muffler, S. (2015). "A Kiss is But a Kiss": Cultural Mores, Ethical Relativism, and Sexual Harassment Liability. Open Ethics and Law Journal, 1(1), 38-50.