Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Meghan Burns is an associate in the firm's Labor, Employment and Benefits Department. She represents management in all aspects of federal and state court litigation and mediation of employment discrimination claims, wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour claims, and other employment related controversies. Meghan also represents employers in administrative proceedings before such agencies as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the U.S. and Connecticut Departments of Labor. Meghan also regularly counsels employers with respect to employee discipline and terminations, employment contracts, workplace discrimination issues, and all other aspects of the employment relationship.

Meghan graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in anthropology in 1996. She received her J.D., magna cum laude , from Quinnipiac University School of Law where she served as Note and Casenote Editor of the Quinnipiac Law Review.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 2001
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut

Education

• Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut, 2001
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  
  Law Review: Quinnipiac Law Review, Note and Casenote Editor
• University of Connecticut, 1996
  B.A.
  Major: Anthropology

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One Century Tower
P.O. Box 1832
265 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06508-1832

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(203) 498-4382

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(203) 782-2889

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