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Michael J. Spagnola, Shareholder
150 Trumbull Street
Phone: (860) 727-8900 E-Mail:
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Mike Spagnola represents management exclusively in connection with all aspects of labor and employment law, and in particular, labor and employment litigation and preventive labor and employment law.
Mike represents management in connection with employment litigation in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, including cases relating to discrimination, wage and hour law, unemployment compensation, FMLA, workplace torts, breach of contract, non-competition agreements, and trade secret misappropriation. Mike has also negotiated contractual language on behalf of businesses, and represents businesses in commercial litigation.
Mike also represents management in connection with labor-relations matters, including unfair labor practice charges, union election petitions, and grievance arbitrations. Mike also counsels management on issues relating to collective bargaining and union avoidance. Mike has also represented employer trustees in deadlock arbitrations under the Labor Management Relations Act.
Mike also counsels employers on preventive labor and employment law measures, with a focus on lawful employee discipline, and statutory, regulatory, and contractual compliance. Mike works with management to identify problematic labor and employment law issues, and develops strategies, policies and procedures to assist in litigation avoidance.
While in law school, Mike served as an Associate Editor for the Quinnipiac University Law Review, and received several academic awards, including the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award for employment law. Mike also served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Peter C. Dorsey, District Judge for the United States District Court in Connecticut.
Mike has been recognized as a Rising Star in the area of Labor and Employment law by New England Super Lawyers.
Admitted to Practice
Connecticut
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Education
Southern Connecticut State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2001
Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2004
Served as Judicial Intern to the Honorable Peter C. Dorsey, United States District Court, District of Connecticut
Served as Associate Editor, Quinnipiac University Law Review
Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Hartford County Bar Association
Author and Lecturer
Contributing Author: Wage and Hour Law, A State by State Survey, Cumulative Supplement (2007)
Contributing Author and Lecturer: Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Program of Education and Prevention (2006)
Contributing Author and Lecturer: Wage and Hour Law Overview (Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce 2006 and 2008)
Contributing Author and Lecturer: Legal Pitfalls of Hiring and Firing (Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce 2008)
Contributing Author and Lecturer: Employee versus Independent Contractor (Remodeling Contractors Association 2009 and New England Claim Executives Association 2010)
Contributing Author and Lecturer: When Employees are out of Work (Connecticut Association of Non-Profits 2010)
Contributing Author: Law of the Workplace, Siegel O’Connor quarterly newsletter
