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Representative Appellate Experience

• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in obtaining reversal of National Labor Relations Board  decision regarding union decertification election.
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in obtaining summary judgment affirmance in ADA suit regarding hybrid work policy.
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in obtaining decision holding that seniority-based bidding privileges in collective bargaining agreement did not violate Railway Labor Act. 
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in appeal from NLRB decision regarding dues check-offs in collective bargaining agreements.
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in obtaining reversal of NLRB decision regarding scope of managements rights clause in collective bargaining agreement.
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in obtaining summary judgment affirmance in suit about whether residency program selection criteria complied with Title VII. 
• Represented tribal casino before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in obtaining affirmance of judgment applying tribal sovereign immunity to ADEA and Title VII suit.
• Represented employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in defending summary judgment grant in race and age discrimination suit. 
• Represented municipal employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in defending summary judgment grant in first amendment retaliation suit. 
• Represented municipal employer before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in gender discrimination suit. 
• Represented school boards before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in defending dismissal of suit challenging pandemic remote schooling.
• Represented state police union before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in constitutional contracts clause challenge to police accountability act.
• Represented staffing company before U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding enforceability of arbitration agreement.
• Represented manufacturer before Connecticut Supreme Court in obtaining reversal of $2 million award in a trades secrets claim.
• Represented employer before Connecticut Supreme Court in certified question from federal court regarding compensability  of security screenings under state law.
• Represented nutritional supplement company in certified question from federal court to Connecticut Supreme Court in reducing $3.7 million award in breach of contract claim.
• Represented municipal employer before the Connecticut Supreme Court in obtaining a vacatur of a labor arbitration award on public policy grounds.
• Represented commercial plaintiff before Connecticut Supreme Court in reversing indemnification judgment in multimillion dollar dispute under New York contract law.
• Represented power plant company before Connecticut Supreme Court in obtaining affirmance of judgment holding that suit by workers displaced but uninjured by explosion was barred by economic loss doctrine.
• Represented municipality before Connecticut Supreme Court in obtaining reversal of decision applying immunity from taxation to tribal entity contractor. 

Representative Political and Election Litigation Experience

• Represented House and Senate Republicans before Connecticut Supreme Court in redistricting litigation.
• Represented municipal clerk before Connecticut Supreme Court in litigation over third-party ballot access.
• Represented Republican candidates for state legislature before Connecticut Supreme Court in case about cross- endorsement ballot line.
• Represented Connecticut Republican Party in obtaining trial court dismissal of challenge to local town committee election.
• Represented Republican candidates for Congress before Connecticut Supreme Court in case about constitutionality of absentee ballot executive order.
• Represented Senate Republican caucus in dispute over effect of 18-18 tie in Senate resulting in power- sharing agreement.
• Represented fireworks company before Connecticut Appellate Court in challenging Attorney General’s interpretation of consumer pyrotechnics statute and recovering seized products.
• Represented Connecticut Republican Party in litigation over another political party’s use of federal campaign funds in state gubernatorial election.
• Represented municipality before Connecticut Supreme Court in obtaining reversal of decision applying immunity from taxation and zoning to state contractor. Represented drug recovery center before Connecticut Supreme Court in reinstating suit again department of health under uniform administrative procedures act regarding certificate of need.
• Represented Connecticut Republican Party in federal court in suit about constitutionality of state campaign finance restrictions on national parties.