Ms. Kapadia has represented employers and employees in diverse employment related matters in state and federal courts in the State of Connecticut, and before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Connecticut Department of Labor. Her present practice is focused on representing and enforcing the rights of employees in a broad array of employment related matters. Ms. Kapadia has litigated discrimination claims based on gender, pregnancy, age, race, disability and national origin, and claims involving wrongful termination, family and medical leave, the constitutional rights of government employees, whistler blower retaliation, violations of wage and hour laws and breach of contract. She has successfully resolved numerous cases through the mediation process.
Ms. Kapadia's practice also involves providing counseling and advice to employees in the management and resolution of difficult employment situations. Having had the benefit of representing employers and employees, Ms. Kapadia has the unique ability to assess and evaluate employment situations and conflicts from both the employers' and employees' viewpoints.
Ms. Kapadia is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the New Haven County Bar Association and the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association. She received her law degree with honors in May of 1992 from the University of Connecticut School of Law and also served in 1992 as a law clerk to the United States Magistrate Judge Arthur Latimer for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She has been admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut since the fall of 1992.
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