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Donna Nelson Heller practices primarily in two areas: commercial litigation (including creditors’ rights and bankruptcy) and employment law. Ms. Heller has extensive litigation experience, particularly in complex contract disputes, business torts and fraud cases, and creditors’ rights, foreclosures and adversary proceedings. In addition, she is responsible for the firm’s employment litigation practice, representing clients in matters ranging from enforcement of restrictive covenants to investigations of wage and hour complaints. | ||||
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Education University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1980, Cum Laude)Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow, 1979-1980 University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business (M.B.A. 1980, with Distinction) Bryn Mawr College (A.B. 1976, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in Fine Arts) Bar Admissions Connecticut, 1985New York, 1981 U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1985 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1981 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1981 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1984 U.S. Supreme Court, 1992 U.S. Tax Court, 2003 Recognition Connecticut Super Lawyers and New England Super Lawyers for business litigationFellow, American Bar Foundation Professional and Civic Activities, Associations and Memberships American Bar Association Connecticut Bar Association Fairfield County Bar Association American Inns of Court, Raymond E. Baldwin Inn Federal Bar Council Association of the Bar of the City of New York Connecticut Superior Court Fairfield County Bar Foundation Stamford Center for the Arts United States Naval Academy Parents Club of Connecticut Greenwich School Age Child Care, Inc. Classes/Seminars Taught "Whistleblowing in the Private Sector," Fairfield County Bar Association, January 2006 "Employee Free Speech: Cotto and DiMartino Revisited," Connecticut Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, Winter 2005 "The Year in Review -- Commercial Law: 2004 Decisions of Connecticut Courts," Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 2004 "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Liability, Prevention, Policies and Remedies," SACIA Sexual Harassment Training Seminar, September 2003 "Uniform Commercial Code Article 2A: An Overview of Basic Concepts in the Connecticut Version of Revised Article 2A," Connecticut Bar Association, October 2002 "The Year in Review -- Commercial Law: 2001 Decisions of Connecticut Courts," Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 2001 |
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