Nicole Rothgeb
Nicole joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2005 and became a partner in 2009. She is admitted to practice law in both Connecticut and in Massachusetts as well as in the federal district court of Connecticut and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. From the time she was a child Nicole knew that she wanted to become an attorney. To that end, she majored in political science and legal studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received her B.A., with honors, in 2000. She then continued her legal education at the University of Connecticut School of Law, receiving her J.D., with honors, in 2003. During her second and third years at UConn, Nicole held elected positions on the Connecticut Law Review and the Connecticut Moot Court Board. As a law student, Nicole was actively involved in the study of workplace issues and advancement of employee rights. She first worked at LAPM&K as a law student intern while simultaneously interning at UConn’s Civil Rights Clinic where she represented clients in employment and housing discrimination cases. In recognition of her commitment to the field and her achievements while at UConn, Nicole was given several awards in the field of labor and employment law – the Honorable M. Joseph Blumenfeld Award, the Fleming James, Jr. Award and two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for her course work in Employment Discrimination and in Organizing the Workplace. Nicole spent her first two years in practice working in the public interest sector at Connecticut Legal Services. There she represented low income individuals and families in securing public welfare and health benefits, advised individuals in employment related matters and represented employees at unemployment compensation hearings and appeals. Eventually though, Nicole’s dedication to the labor movement and to advancing the rights of workers won out and she returned to LAPM&K in 2005. Today, Nicole’s practice focuses on representing individual employees with claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and 1st Amendment activity, both at the administrative level as well as in the federal and state courts at all stages of trial and appeal. She also regularly advises and represents individual employees with issues related to employment contracts, severance agreements and/or non-compete agreements, and with tort claims such as invasion of privacy, defamation and infliction of emotional distress. Nicole also has significant experience representing and advising Union clients in arbitration, in administrative proceedings and in court. For the last several years, Nicole has been an active member of the Executive Board of the Connecticut Employment Lawyer’s Association, a nonprofit organization comprised of employment law attorneys from throughout the state who are committed to providing quality representation to employees and vindicating employees' rights and has served as the Vice President of that organization since 2008. She is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, the National Lawyers Guild and the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section. Most recently, Nicole had the distinction of being named by New England Super Lawyers as one of Connecticut’s “Rising Stars” for 2011. »
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