Biography

Attorney Paul Testa serves as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group.  He has practiced labor and employment law in Connecticut since 2007.  He advises both public and private sector employers on an array of personnel, labor, and employment matters. Attorney Testa counsels management in preventative employment and labor matters as well as litigation of claims on all aspects of employment relationships. He has experience representing employers in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, including the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor. Attorney Testa has authored many articles and presented seminars on Labor & Employment law matters. Paul Testa received his Juris Doctor from the Quinnipiac University School of Law, magna cum laude.  He is admitted to the bar in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Practice Areas

• Labor and Employment
• Litigation

Education

• Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut
  • J.D. – 2007
  • Honors: magna cum laude
• Quinnipiac University
  • B.S. – 2004
  • Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• Connecticut the Latest State to Increase the Statewide Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour, Littler ASAP, May 20, 2019
• To Employers’ Relief, Poster Rule Struck Down, Connecticut Law Tribune, May 28, 2013
• Appellate Court Finds Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act Does Not Prohibit Employers from Discriminating Against Employees Perceived as Physically Disabled, if They Are Not Disabled, Littler ASAP, August 17, 2012
• Pharmaceutical Reps Found Exempt from OT Rules, Connecticut Law Tribune, July 18, 2012
• Conn. Expanding Hostile Work Environment Protections, Law360.com, June 14, 2012
• Connecticut Supreme Court Expands Scope of Hostile Work Environment Protections to Include Sexual Orientation, Littler ASAP, May 15, 2012
• Show Them the Money: Interns Ready To Get Paid, Connecticut Law Tribune, April 30, 2012

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut
• Florida
• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit