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Frederick L. Dorsey, Shareholder
150 Trumbull Street
Phone: (860) 727-8900 E-Mail:
Practice Areas |
Fred Dorsey is involved in a wide variety of general and special education, labor relations and employment issues including union representation elections, contract negotiations and administration, unfair labor practice charges and employment discrimination matters in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Dorsey specializes in the area of education law, representing boards of education in special education, student expulsion, transportation and residency hearings in addition to conventional labor relations and employment litigation matters. Fred has been recognized by New York Magazine as one of their “New York Area Best Lawyers” in the area of special education law.
Admitted to Practice
Connecticut, 1984
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
United States Coast Guard Academy & Marshall University, B.A., cum laude, 1976
University of New Haven, M.B.A., 1978
Western New England College School of Law, J.D., 1984
Professional Activities
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Connecticut Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Committee on State and Local Government Bargaining Employment Law
American Arbitration Association, Participant in the Labor Arbitration Advocacy Program.
Past President, Connecticut School Attorneys Council and the National School Boards Association Council of Attorneys.
Seminars and Events
Teacher Appraisals and Dismissals in Connecticut
Connecticut Special Education Law
NSBA Council of School Attorneys' 2007 School Law Practice Seminar
Tenure Law 'Tune-ups" and Education Law Updates
Tenure Law 'Tune-ups' and Education Law Updates
Tenure Law 'Tune-ups' and Education Law Updates
Connecticut Special Education Law
Author and Lecturer
Co-author, "An Analysis of the 'No Strike Clause' in Contemporary Collective Bargaining agreements," published in the Western New England Law Review in 1984.
Frequent lecturer and author on a wide range of public and private sector labor relations matters.
Presenter on school collective bargaining and litigation issues for the Connecticut Schools Attorneys Council, school board legal liabilities and negotiations strategies and procedures for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, school law issues for the National Business Institute, and special education law and Section 504 requirements for the Medical Education Services, Inc. Professional Development Network.
