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Glenn A. Duhl, Shareholder
150 Trumbull Street
Phone: (860) 727-8900 E-Mail:
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Glenn Duhl represents management in employment law and litigation including breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination, defamation, emotional distress, wage and hour, sexual harassment, restrictive covenants and trade secret misappropriation matters.
Glenn has served as an Adjunct Professor in Moot Court and Trial Advocacy at UCONN Law School and taught Advanced Employment Law at the University of Hartford. He has presented numerous seminars on employment matters including "Human Resource Policies that Prevent Lawsuits;" "Wage & Hour Law: Answers to Everyday Questions;" "Strategies for Retaining Key Employees and Protecting Confidential Information;" "Preventing and Defending Sexual Harassment Claims;" "How to Survive a Wage and Hour Audit;" "Sex, Lies and Employment Discrimination;" "Current Issues in Wage & Hour Law;" and "Basic Wage and Hour Law."
Glenn has earned Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability (AV); is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and has been selected as a Connecticut and New England Super Lawyer.
Admitted to Practice
Connecticut, 1987
Louisiana, 1986
Massachusetts, 2002
New York, 1993
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1989
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1986
U.S. District Courts, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 1987
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2002
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1996
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986
U.S. Supreme Court, 1998
Education
Wesleyan University, B.A., 1983
Tulane Law School, J.D., 1986
Professional Activities
Past Co-Chair, Worker Dislocation Subcommittee of the ABA Labor & Employment Law Section's Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee
Past Chair, Publications Subcommittee of the Labor & Employment Law Section's Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee
Seminars and Events
Winning Your First Civil Trial
Advanced Employment Law: Working Through Common Problems
Fundamentals of Employment Law in Connecticut
Winning Your First Civil Trial
Human Resource Policies that Prevent Lawsuits
Sex, Lies and Employment Discrimination
Significant Case Results
Favorable Jury Verdicts
Johnson v. Denny’s, USDC, D.Conn. - Title VII
Nguyen v. Stanadyne Corp., USDC, D.Conn. - Title VII
Tyszkiewicz v. Aaron Manor, CT Superior Court - Wrongful Discharge
Torok v. Bairnco Corp., CT Superior Court - Defamation, Tortious Interference with Contract
Successful Defense against Attempted Class or Collective Action
Galberth v. Briad Restaurant Group, LLC, 2005 WL 3509777 CT Superior Court
- Denial of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification
Burgos v. Denny’s, USDC, S.D.N.Y. – Wage & Hour – FLSA
Successful Defense against Equal Pay Act Claim
Kim Melanson v. Electronic Security & Control Systems, Inc., MCAD
Dismissals/Summary Judgment
Ferrer v. T.L. Cannon Management Corp., 2009 WL 581607 (Mar. 6, 2009) (summary dismissal
of employee’s wrongful discharge claim for complaining about unsafe workplace)
Zittoun v. Ratner Companies, LLC, 2009 WL 82509 (Jan. 12, 2009) (dismissal of emotional
distress claims based on employer “snapping” at employee and telling employee that she had to deal with someone else for a work schedule)
Finnegan v. Claire’s Stores, Inc., 2008 WL 4276143 (Sept. 16, 2008) (summary dismissal of
pregnancy discrimination claims)
Asp Milardo Photography, Inc., 573 F.Supp. 677 (D. Conn. 2008)
Hughes v. T.L. Cannon Management Corp, 2007 WL 2217058 (D.Conn. July 31, 2007) (summary
dismissal of Title VII claims)
Egbarin v. American Express Company, 251 F.Supp2d 413 (D.Conn. 2006) (summary dismissal
of Title VII claims)
Lucco v. Bristol Hospital, USDC, D.Conn., Case No. 3:03 CV 2154 (2005) – Judgment after trial
dismissing all claims under Title VII, ADEA and 42 U.S.C. § 1981
Vasquez v. Claire’s Accessories, Inc., 392 F.Supp.2d 342 (D.Conn. 2005)
- Summary judgment dismissing all gender-based discrimination and retaliation claims
Daigneault v. Consolidated Controls Corporation/Eaton Corp., 89 Conn. App. 712, aff’d, 276
Conn. 913 (2005) – Wrongful discharge
Olson v. Accessory Controls & Equipment Corp., 254 Conn.145 (2000) – Wrongful Discharge
Shakun v. Temco Building Maintenance, Inc., 2002 WL 31538034
(CT Superior Court 2002) - Wrongful Discharge
Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc., (D.Conn. Feb. 25, 2004) - ADA claim; retaliation
Bennett v. Connecticut Hospice, Inc., 56 Conn. App. 134 (1999)
Feemster v. BJ Titan Services Co./Titan Services, Inc., 873 F.2d 91 (5th Cir. 1989) (affirming
summary dismissal of wrongful discharge claim under general maritime law)
Injunctions
Labor Ready - CT Superior Court - TRO, Temporary Injunction
– Employment restrictive covenants
Source Services - USDC, D.Conn. - Preliminary Injunction
– Employment restrictive covenants
Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton - CT Superior Court – Temporary Injunction
– Employment restrictive covenants
New England Insul. Co. v. Intl Ass’n. of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 33,
– USDC, D.Conn. - Boy’s Market Injunction
SNET v. Intl. Ass’n. of Bridge Structural Ornamental Iron Workers Local 424 and Greater New Haven Central Labor Council -- CT Superior Court -TRO - Mass Picketing
Hoffman Fuel Co. of Danbury v. Elliott, 68 Conn. App. 272 (2002)
NASD Arbitration
Abrams v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc., 2000 WL 1298040
Lundgren v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc., 2000 WL 1278172
McGowan v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc., 2000 WL 726349
Erickson v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc., 1999 WL 1257483
Nawar v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc. – NASD Dismissal
Bielecki v. A.S. Goldmen & Co., Inc. – NASD Dismissal
Prejudgment Remedy Defense
Mertes v. Milardo Photography, Inc., CT Superior Court, PJR
CV-03-0101233-S - Wage & Hour
Author and Lecturer
Adjunct Professor, Moot Court & Trial Advocacy, UConn Law School (2006)
Adjunct Professor, Advanced Employment Law, University of Hartford (2003)
Author and Presenter, National Business Institute, "Human Resource Policies that Prevent Lawsuits," (2006)
Author and Seminar Presenter, National Business Institute, "Wage and Hour Law: Answers to
Everyday Questions," (2006)
Associate Editor, ABA, Age Discrimination in Employment Law, Cumulative Supplements
Contributing Editor, ABA, The Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplements
Chapter Author, ABA, Wage and Hour Laws, A State-by-State Survey - CT
Contributing Editor, ABA, Tortious Interference in the Employment Context
Author and Seminar Presenter, National Business Institute, Strategies for Retaining Key
Employees and Protecting Confid’l Information in Connecticut (2004)
Author, ABA, Fed. Labor Stds. Legisl. Comm., “Devpts. Under the ADEA,” (2001-10)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Preventing and Defending Sexual Harassment
Claims in CT,” (2002)
Author and Lecturer, CT Restaurant Ass'n., "How to Survive a Wage and Hour Audit," (2002)
Contributing Author and Lecturer, ABA, Top Ten Things Every Lawyer Should Know About
Employment Law (2000-01)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Basic Wage and Hour Law in CT,” (1998, 1999)
Author: ALI-ABA, The Practical Litigator, Vol. 10, No. 6, Nov. 1999, “Conducting Sexual
Harassment Investigations”
Author, Institute for Int’l. Research, Personnel Law Update, 1999, “How to Avoid the Devastation
of Increasing Class Action Lawsuits and Disparate Impact Claims,” (1999)
Author and Lecturer, CT Restaurant Ass’n., “Current Issues In Wage & Hour Law,” (2000)
Contributing Author, Connecticut Labor and Employment Law
Author and Lecturer, Sterling Education Services, Inc., "Responding to Allegations of Sexual or
Racial Harassment," (2005)
Author and Presenter, ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Employee Rights and
Responsibilities Committee Meeting, “Wondering About WARN, 10 Questions You Never
Thought to Ask,” (2005)
Author and Presenter, CT Veterinary Medical Association, Employment Related Restrictive
Covenants (2005)
Author and Seminar Presenter, ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Webcast, “Legal Rights
and Responsibilities of Employers, Employees and Labor Unions in the Aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina,” (2005)
Author and Seminar Presenter, CT Culinary Institute – Basic Employment Law in CT (2005)
Author and Presenter, New Haven County Bar Association, Sex, Lies and Employment
Discrimination (2005)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Strategies for Finding, Preserving and Using
Evidence to Support Your Case,” (2008)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Winning Your First Civil Trial,” (2008,
2009)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Advanced Employment Law,” (2008)
Author and Lecturer, Sterling Education Services, Inc., “Fundamentals of Employment Law,”
(2008)
Author and Lecturer, CT Bar Ass’n, Employee Free Choice Act: Effect on an
Employer’s Interaction With its Employees,” (2009)
Author and Lecturer, National Business Institute, “Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices:
Supporting Your Case,” (2010)
Author and Lecturer, Nat’l CLE Conference, “ADA Update,” (2010)
Community Activities
Judge, Yale Invitational Mock Trial Tournament
Judge, UCONN Law School Moot Court Program
New Haven Jewish Home for the Aged, Inc.: Past Member, Board of Directors and
Chair, Human Resource Committee
Connecticut State University System Foundation; Past Member, Board of Directors
New Haven Jewish Federation, Member, Board of Directors
