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Lawyer Overview

Floyd J. Dugas is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Education Law Departments.  Though he represents both private and public sector employers, he heads up the firm's municipal Labor & Employment practice, representing a number of towns, cities and boards of education (in many cases serving as General Counsel) throughout the State of Connecticut.  Floyd has served as an adjunct Professor of Labor Relations, he is an arbitrator on the State of Connecticut Department of Education Panel of Arbitrators, and is Chair of the Personnel and Benefits Committee of the Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center of Greater Waterbury, Inc.  He regularly lectures on labor, employment and education law topics and serves as the Partner in charge of marketing for the firm.  He is a member and past president of the Connecticut Counsel of School Attorneys and is a member of the National Council of School Board Attorneys.

Areas of Practice

• Labor and Employment
• Education

West Practice Categories

Education Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Connecticut Bar Association, Corporate, Commercial, Labor and Employment Law Section (Member)
• Connecticut Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (Executive Committee)
• Connecticut Bar Association, 1991 - 1993 (Vice President, Secretary Young Lawyers Division)
• American Bar Association, Corporate, Commercial and Labor and Employment Law Section (Member)
• National Counsel of School Attorneys (Member)
• Connecticut School Attorneys Council (Member (Past President))
• Connecticut State Department of Education Arbitration Panel (Management Arbitrator)
• University of New Haven (Adjunct Professor, MBA Program)

Education

• Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
• University of Connecticut, January, 1981
  B.S.
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• Stimulus Related Whistleblowing: More Red Tape for Connecticut's Municipalities or a Legitimate Protection of Public Funds?, Connecticut Lawyer, July 2009

Address

75 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460

Phones

(203) 783-1200

Faxes

(203) 882-0045

Emails

fdugas@bmdlaw.com

Websites

http://www.bmdlaw.com