ORDER

VIRGINIA M. HERNANDEZ COVINGTON, District Judge.

This cause comes before the Court in consideration of the parties' Joint Motion to Approve Release Agreement (Doc. # 32), filed on July 22, 2014. The Court grants the Motion.

I. Background

Plaintiff Lindsey Ellen Dunning, a bartender and restaurant server, filed this FLSA action against Defendants The Bricks of Ybor, LLC, and Brian W. Schaefer, her former employers, on March 19, 2014. (Doc. # 1). Defendants each filed an Answer to the Complaint on April 11, 2014. (Doc. ## 7, 8). The Court entered its FLSA Scheduling Order on April 14, 2014. (Doc. # 9). Dunning filed a Notice of Filing Consent to Join Collective action on behalf of Ashley Taylor and Stephanie Taylor on April 25, 2014, and May 16, 2014, respectively. (Doc. ## 10, 16).

On July 8, 2014, the parties filed a Joint Report Regarding Settlement in which the parties advised the Court that they had reached a settlement of this matter and were "in the process of finalizing a Joint Motion for Court Approval of Settlement." (Doc. # 27). The Court thereafter directed the parties to file their joint motion for approval of settlement on or before July 22, 2014. (Doc. # 28).

On July 22, 2014, the parties filed a joint motion for in camera inspection of the release agreement, which this Court granted. (Doc. ## 30, 31). Also on July 22, 2014, after delivering a copy of the relevant agreement to the Court, the parties filed the present Joint Motion to Approve Release Agreement. (Doc. # 32). The Court has reviewed the Motion, as well as the agreement, and is otherwise fully advised in the premises.

II. Analysis

Dunning alleges that the Defendants violated the terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Accordingly, any settlement reached between the parties is subject to judicial scrutiny. See Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353 (11th Cir. 1982). The Court, at the parties' request, has reviewed the terms of the agreement, and finds the terms to be a fair and reasonable resolution of the FLSA claims in this case.

In the Motion, the parties represent that the attorney fees to be paid to Dunning's counsel were negotiated separately and without regard to the other terms of the settlement. (Doc. # 32 at 2). The parties also represent that, although they disagree as to the validity of Dunning's allegations of unlawful conduct and liability, they have negotiated a settlement of this matter "[t]o avoid the costs and uncertainty of litigation." (Id. at 1).

Pursuant to Bonetti v. Embarq Management Company, 715 F.Supp.2d 1222, 1228 (M.D. Fla. 2009) and other governing law, the Court approves the compromise reached by the parties in an effort to amicably settle this case.1 The settlement is fair on its face and represents a reasonable compromise of the parties' dispute.

Accordingly, it is

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED: