Lawyer Profile

Miguel A. Escalera Jr.
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Recognized Since:2005
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Recognized in:Employment Law - ManagementLabor Law - Management...
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Law School:American University
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Languages:English, Spanish
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Location:21 Oak Street, Suite 601Hartford, CT 06106-8003
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- American University , J.D., graduated 1980
- Georgetown University, BS, graduated 1977
Bar Admissions:
- District of Columbia, - District of Columbia
- Connecticut, - District of Connecticut
- Connecticut, - State of Connecticut
Affiliations:
- American Bar Association - Member
- American Employment Law Council - Member
- Board of Directors of Family Life Education - Treasurer
- Board of Directors of Leadership Greater Hartford - Former Member, '95-'99
- Connecticut Bar Association - Member
- Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association - Member
- Hartford Food System - Former President
- Oliver Ellsworth Inns of Court - Former Member, '97-'99
- Rensselaer Graduate School - Former Adjunct Professor, '97-'01
- University of Connecticut School of Law - Former Adjunct Professor, '95-'97
- University of Connecticut School of Law - Former Moot Court Judge
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
- Mr. Escalera he has received a peer review rating of “BV Distinguished” from Martindale-Hubbell.
- Mr. Escalera has also been selected as a Connecticut and New England Super Lawyer®: Employment and Labor and Management Defense – Litigation in every year since 2007.
- In 1999, the Connecticut Bar Foundation selected Mr. Escalera to be named as a James W. Cooper Fellow in recognition of his legal work and service to the community.
Special Focus:
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Class Actions
- Covenants Not to Compete
- Defense
- Disability
- Labor
- Litigation
- Management
- State and Federal
- Title VII Litigation
- Wage-Hour Law
- Wrongful Discharge
Lawyer Client Comments
"Miguel is an experienced, analytically strong attorney who is very responsive, and consistently provides useful, pragmatic advice."
"Mr. Escalera is a highly-skilled counselor and litigator. His familiarity and experience with the local plaintiffs' bar and with the state and federal judiciary is of great value when defending employment litigation matters. Mr. Escalera is extremely responsive to all inquiries and concerns and provides a superior level of customer service."
Firm Details
Kainen, Escalera & McHale, P.C.