Emily Gianquinto counsels employers on day-to-day employment matters and represents them in federal and state litigation. She has helped resolve disputes for clients across numerous industries, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, professional services, banking, and nonprofits. Emily has experience with all aspects of litigation, from pre-suit negotiations through bench and jury trials and the appeals process, and regularly defends clients before administrative bodies and courts and in domestic and international mediations and arbitrations. She has defended employers against claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation and helped them navigate wage and hour disputes and matters concerning the enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. She has defended hospitals and physician groups in litigation involving termination of physicians’ privileges and employment. Emily is responsible for the 2027 update of Connecticut Employment Law, published by ALM.
In addition to her employment experience, Emily has handled litigation covering complex contractual disputes, products liability litigation, environmental litigation, shareholder fiduciary duty and business dissolution disputes, unfair trade practice claims, trademark and copyright lawsuits, litigation arising out of fraudulent transfers, and insurance litigation. She has also advised clients concerning responding to government inquiries and subpoenas and addressing government regulation and licensing matters. This varied background enables her to effectively counsel clients concerning the broader implications surrounding a particular employment dispute.
Emily is active in the bar community and in the Hartford community. She has been heavily involved in the Connecticut Bar Association, including most recently as its president. She is also a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and a Fellow of both the Connecticut Bar Foundation and the American Bar Foundation. Emily also served as a member of the board of KNOX, Inc., a nonprofit urban greening organization, for 12 years, including more than six years as its president.
