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Jon Sterling defends employers against claims by current and former employees, including wrongful discharge, unpaid wages and harassment. He appreciates that employment disputes often feel personal and his goal is to relieve employers of both the legal and the emotional burden they face. His clients include schools, colleges, businesses, municipalities and other organizations, as well as individuals who have been sued in employment-related litigation.
In court nearly every week, Jon defends employers in cases involving FLSA, FMLA, ERISA, freedom of expression, worker's compensation retaliation and common law claims. He has obtained numerous dismissals of lawsuits, as well as of administrative complaints filed with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO). Jon routinely defends employers in CHRO and EEOC investigations, and has successfully litigated against the CHRO in Superior Court.
Jon also provides proactive advice to help employers stay compliant with employment laws and avoid litigation. Each day, he assists employers with practical matters, including reviewing and drafting employee handbooks, employment agreements, non-compete agreements and arbitration agreements, and advises them on a variety of issues, such as terminations, investigations, reductions-in-force, and wage and hour issues, and in developing areas like biometrics and medical marijuana. Jon also conducts management, sexual harassment, and other training for employers.
Jon also assists education clients with a variety of matters unique to their industry, including academic and student discipline issues. He routinely counsels educational clients on a wide variety of student, employment and academic matters, from Title IX to bullying to vaping on campus. For example, in recent years, Jon has obtained judgments following trial for a university on claims brought by former students alleging hazing and alleged failure to pay an athletic scholarship.
Jon has a significant litigation practice outside of the employment and education arena as well. He has represented clients in a number of industries in cases involving contractual, negligence, and other disputes in state and federal court, including class actions.
Jonathan belongs to the Employers Counsel Network and is an Editor and frequent contributor to the Connecticut Employment Law Letter and 50 Employment Laws in 50 States. He serves a co-author of ERISA Litigation Handbook.
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Jauhari v. Sacred Heart University, 2017 WL 819902 (D. Conn. 2017) (limiting scope of comparator discovery in denial of tenure lawsuit).
Doe v. Trinity College, 2017 WL 7053895 (Conn. Super. 2017) (sustaining objection to plaintiff’s motion to sue anonymously).
Delucia v. Sacred Heart University, 2017 WL 4273404 (Conn. Super. 2017) (judgment for defendants on all counts following bench trial).
Reid v. Town of West Hartford, 2017 WL 5707522 (Conn. Super. 2017) (dismissing CHRO’s appeal of dismissal of public accommodation discrimination case).
Roberts v. Town of Orange, 2017 WL 4106132 (Conn. Super. 2017) (granting summary judgment to defendant on all claims in employment discrimination case).
Defusco v. Town of West Hartford, 2016 WL 1225496 (D. Conn 2016) (granting motion to dismiss claims in discrimination/retaliation case) .
Skinner v. Martin, 2015 WL 2261571 (Conn.Super. Apr. 22, 2015) (dismissing all claims in employment case).
Fasoli v. City of Stamford, 64 F.Supp.3d 285 (D.Conn. 2014) (granting summary judgment to defendant on all claims in employment discrimination/retaliation case).
McMahon v. Chubb Group of Ins. Companies, 553 Fed.Appx. 85, 2014 WL 350035, 21 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (2d Cir. Feb. 3, 2014) (affirming dismissal of unpaid wage claims).
Vega v. Sacred Heart University, 2013 WL 2420329 (D.Conn. June 3, 2013) (judgment for defendant on all counts following bench trial).
Connecticut Com'r of Labor v. Chubb Group of Ins. Companies, 2013 WL 836633 (D.Conn. Mar. 6, 2013).
Walsh v. Lebanon Bd. of Educ., 2013 WL 425092 (D.Conn., Feb. 4, 2013).
Leichter v. Lebanon Bd. of Educ., 917 F.Supp.2d 177 (D.Conn. 2013).
Connecticut Com'r of Labor v. Chubb Group of Ins. Companies, 2012 WL 3443003 (D.Conn. 2012).
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Richardson v. Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, 532 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 2008).
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