Education
University of Connecticut School of Law, 1992 cum laude
Trinity College, BA, Philosophy, 1985
Professional Associations
National Employment Lawyers Assocation
Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Hartford County Bar Association
Significant case results
Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc., 2008 WL 926559 (Conn., April 15, 2008), (holding that the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act requires reasonable accommodations, an interactive process and ruling that employer “full duty” policy is illegal).
Osborn v. Home Depot,USA Inc., 518 F.Supp.2d 377 (D.Conn. 2007) (distinguishing Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., --- U.S. ----, ----, 127 S.Ct. 2162, 2167, 167 L.Ed.2d 982 (2007) and permitting equal pay act and gender discrimination case to proceed to trial).
Neary v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 517 F.Supp.2d 606, D.Conn.,2007.(September 27, 2007) (rejecting company’s claim that auto-damage appraiser is an exempt employee and granting motion to proceed as a collective action).
Lewczyk v. Department of Health, 2002 WL 31894801 (Conn.Super.), 33 Conn. L. Rptr. 681 (2002) (holding that retaliation against witness at CHRO hearing can sue under federal witness tampering statute (42 U.S.C. Section 1985)).
Goldstein v. Unilever, 2004 WL 1098789, 37 Conn. L. Rptr. 158, Conn.Super., May 03, 2004 (NO. 397881), (holding that employee who quit a job in reliance on new job offer can sue offering employer for rescinding job offer).
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