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Vincent Farisello

Vincent Farisello

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  • vfarisello@carmodylaw.com

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  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2006 ~ with honors
  • Fairfield University, B.A., 2003 ~ summa cum laude

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Vincent maintains a versatile practice in the areas of labor and employment and general corporate law. Vincent’s clients including closely held and public businesses, non-profit organizations, independent schools, municipalities, and start-ups; in many cases, acting as clients’ general counsel.

Vincent’s labor and employment practice focuses on counseling and advising employers on all aspects of the employment relationship. He works with clients to manage risks and formulate strategies to avoid litigation and to comply with regulatory obligations. Vincent regularly represents employers in mediations, arbitrations, labor negotiations, contract negotiations and defends employers before administrative agencies such as the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, State Board of Labor Relations and federal and state Departments of Labor. Vincent is frequently invited by employers and industry groups to speak and present training seminars on a variety of common employment issues.

Vincent also regularly represents clients in many other aspects of their operations, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and leasing, contracts and corporate governance matters.

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association

  • Connecticut Bar Association

  • Waterbury Bar Association (former Chair of Young Lawyers Section 2010-2012)

  • Board of Directors, Connecticut Italian American Bar Association

  • Small Manufacturers Association – Rising Talent

  • Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals of Waterbury Region

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers® – Employment Law: Management, 2023-2024

  • New Leader in the Law – Connecticut Law Tribune, 2016

  • Rising Star, New England Super Lawyers® – Employment & Labor, 2011-2015

  • Rising Star, Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Employment & Labor and Business/Corporate, 2011-2016

  • Waterbury Bar Association Scholarship Award, 2005

  • CALI Award for Excellence in Employment Law, 2005

  • CALI Award for Excellence in Quantitative Methods, 2006

  • Completion of UConn Law School Tax Certificate Program

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Community

  • Board of Directors, Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
  • Campaign Leadership Committee, United Way of Greater Waterbury, 2016 –2019
  • Alternate Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Woodbury

Experience

  • Acts as outside general counsel on all employment and corporate related matters to several large wholesale distribution companies operating throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

  • Represented a municipal employer in connection with three concurrent union organization campaigns covering three bargaining units and successfully negotiated “first contract” collective bargaining agreements with all three unions.

  • Regularly represent employers and executives in negotiation of employment, severance and other executive compensation agreements.

  • Represented national consulting company in corporate, contracts, and licensing issues.

  • Successfully represented regional symphony orchestra in objection to petition filed by labor union to represent orchestra musicians. Obtained dismissal of petition by State Board of Labor Relations on the grounds that musicians were properly classified as independent contractors and therefore not covered by State Labor Relations Act.

  • Conducted an extensive “top to bottom” human resources audit for a leading manufacturer of defibrillators, then worked with the client to develop strategy for implementation of numerous recommended changes.

  • Negotiated and documented labor and employment related provisions in numerous M&A transactions, including the sale of a subsidiary of one of the largest utility companies in the United States and the sale of a non-profit private school to a for-profit entity.

  • Regularly drafts employment agreements, handbooks and other employment-related documents on behalf of employers.

  • Obtained numerous dismissals and negotiated settlements of CHRO and EEOC complaints alleging various claims of discrimination against for-profit and non-profit employers.

  • Successfully negotiated settlement of sexual harassment complaint involving chief executive of company.

  • Successfully represented a software company in a wage and hour audit by the State of Connecticut Department of Labor.

Carmody Lawyers Ranked in More than 30 Areas of Law in Best Lawyers in America 2024

August 17, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey has received more than 90 accolades across over 30 areas of law and across all its offices in Connecticut, in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2024. Forty-two Carmody lawyers are named to the ‘Best Lawyers’ list and ten lawyers are listed
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Carmody Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2023 List

April 05, 2023
Carmody is pleased to announce that 39 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2023. In addition, Giovanna Tiberii Weller and William J. Hennessey Jr. have been named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in New Haven, CT and Stamford, CT for Employment Law and Land Use & Zoning
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Non-Competes as You Know Them Could Soon be a Thing of the Past

March 23, 2023
Changes at the national and state level could soon render non-competes a thing of the past or at the very least alter the permissible contours of such agreements.  The Federal Trade Commission, following a preliminary finding that non-competes constitute an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of
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ManufactureCT Labor Law Update 2023

January 30, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Carmody Labor & Employment partners Stephanie Cummings and Vincent Farisello will present for the ManufactureCT 2023 Labor Law Update. Learn the newest legal requirements for managing your business and being up-to-date on the law.  Click here for more information

FMLA Compliance Workshop

January 30, 2023
A practical compliance workshop for employers and HR professionals in Connecticut Please join us for this highly interactive half-day workshop where we will “roll up our sleeves” and discuss numerous real-world scenarios in depth. Our goal is to not only provide attendees with an understanding of their basic obligations, but
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