Ashwin R. Trehan

Though Ashwin has been practicing law for 18 years, he didn’t always want to be a lawyer. Growing up in South Florida, he played a lot of baseball, spent many days watching spring training, and, naturally, dreamed of becoming a baseball player.

As Ashwin later learned, most halfway-decent Little League players don’t end up going pro.

Fortunately, he had a fallback plan: school. Ashwin attended Suncoast High School and completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. His hard work earned him a full National Merit Scholarship to attend the University of Florida. After graduating, he took a year off to work at a pizza store as a delivery driver and occasional manager before attending the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, where he graduated with honors.

It was in law school that Ashwin first discovered employment law. He spent the summer after his second year as a summer associate at a respected labor and employment law firm in Tampa. That experience sparked his passion for the field, and he has focused on employment law ever since.

As a child of immigrant parents who came to the United States in search of the American Dream, Ashwin understands the value of hard work and perseverance. He also recognizes that not everyone starts on equal footing, and not everyone receives a fair shot. When employees are punished for blowing the whistle, or denied their rights to equal opportunities, their hard-earned pay, or a workplace free from harassment, they need someone in their corner willing to fight for them. Ashwin is grateful for the opportunity to help our clients navigate through some very difficult times.

Outside of his legal practice, Ashwin enjoys spending time with his family, listening to and talking about music, watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and trying to perfect his Arnold impersonation, playing the bass guitar he’s had since high school, and playing rec league softball with people who don’t take it, or themselves, too seriously.