Anthony R. Minchella, Esq. of Minchella & Associates, L.L.C. in Middlebury, Connecticut, has been named by “Connecticut Super Lawyers” as one of the top business and employment litigation attorneys in Connecticut for 2012. It is the second consecutive year Attorney Minchella has received this prestigious award.
Each year, the nationally-acclaimed “Super Lawyers” magazine names the top 5 percent of lawyers in each state to receive this notably-recognized honor. Published in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., “Super Lawyers” magazine reaches more than 13 million readers nationwide including attorneys and ABA-accredited law school libraries.
Attorney Minchella commented, “It is very rewarding to be recognized by my peers throughout Connecticut, and to be ranked at the ‘top of the class’ so to speak.” Annually, “Super Lawyers” magazine invites lawyers across each state to nominate top attorneys they have personally observed in action. Peer nominations and evaluations are then combined with third party research which includes evaluation on 12 rigorous indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.
The “Super Lawyers” research team puts each nominated candidate through a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes an independent evaluation of each candidate by the research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, plus a good-standing and disciplinary check.
“Our objective,” stated “Super Lawyers” magazine, “is to create credible, comprehensive and diverse listings of outstanding attorneys in each region of the United States. These lists can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Since Super Lawyers is intended to be used as an aid in selecting a lawyer, we limit the lawyer ratings to those who can be hired and retained by the public, i.e., lawyers in private practice and Legal Aid attorneys.”
The “Super Lawyers” selection process involves three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool; evaluation of candidates by the research department; and peer evaluation by practice area in more than 70 practice arenas. Selected attorneys have attained a high level of peer recognition and professional achievement.
“As a member of a small firm,” stated Minchella, “it is an honor to be chosen to be among the top 5% of attorneys in Connecticut and New England two years in a row. This is especially rewarding in that in my specific practice areas of business and employment litigation, most of the other designated ‘Super Lawyers’ in this region are from large law firms.”
Minchella & Associates, L.L.C. is comprised of Attorney Minchella, Atttorney Elizabeth Lachterman of Monroe, and two support team members, Amy DeBlasi of Oxford and Kim Foran of Watertown. When he was named a “Super Lawyer” for the second consecutive year, Attorney Minchella commented, “I could not have achieved this status without the dedicated work of an excellent support staff.”
Attorney Anthony R. Minchella represents Fortune 50 financial services companies, retail giants, and small and large specialty products companies. He specializes in business and employment litigation including cases dealing with unfair trade practices, trade secrets and non competition litigation; and employment litigation, including non-competition and non-solicitation matters. “Our firm has obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions on behalf of major corporations, and we have also successfully defended former employees from enforcement of those agreements,” stated Minchella.
The employment practice division of the Minchella law firm includes litigation of claims involving wrongful discharge, gender discrimination, disability discrimination, age discrimination, racial discrimination, unequal pay, retaliation, and wage and hour claims. The Firm’s practice covers all aspects of administrative proceedings before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Connecticut Department of Labor, and also trials in state and federal court.
Attorney Minchella also handles personal injury claims, having obtained six figure verdicts and settlements in multiple cases. He commented, “I handle personal injury cases with the same level of attention to detail that I deliver to our business and employment clients. My experience with the largest insurance defense law firm in Connecticut, Halloran & Sage LLP, groomed me well to represent injured individuals.”
A magna cum laude graduate from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 1996, Anthony Minchella, Esq. received numerous awards for his academic performance. He passed the New Jersey, New York and Connecticut bar exams and then moved on to careers with large and small firms which led to his boutique litigation practice in Middlebury, Connecticut.
In 2004, Attorney Anthony R. Minchella was voted a New Leader of the Law in Connecticut by American Lawyer Media. His firm was voted a “Go to Law Firm” in Labor and Employment by a survey of Corporate Counsel at America’s Leading Financial Services Companies. Minchella & Associates, L.L.C. was also named as a “Firm that Represents America’s Biggest Companies” by American Lawyer Media.
