Overview
Lindsey McCarthy represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation and advises employers on day-to-day employment law matters. Lindsey has experience defending employers against claims alleging wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and has represented employers at injunction hearings to enforce non-disclosure, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements. She represents clients before state and federal courts, as well as government agencies.
During law school, Lindsey gained a unique perspective by mediating wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases pending before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as a mediator in the University of Connecticut's Mediation Clinic.
In addition, Lindsey has experience advising and representing insurers, reinsurers and agents in litigation and arbitrated disputes. She also worked in-house at a large insurance company and has a comprehensive understanding of underlying coverage disputes.
Lindsey was a summer associate with Day Pitney in 2019.
Education and Credentials
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 2020, Connecticut Law Review, Executive Editor; Moot Court Board
- Bentley University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2017
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Connecticut
Affiliations
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Connecticut Women's Council
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), Employment & Labor, 2024
Received the Connecticut Bar Association Labor and Employment Award
Received CALI Excellence Awards for Legal Profession and Street Law in the High Schools
In The Media
Media Mention
- Employee's Medical Marijuana Termination Claim Goes Up in Smoke, April 15, 2024
Publications
- Over-the-Hill Yet Still Fighting Uphill Battles to Find Jobs: The Plight of Older Job Applicants Under the ADEA, Connecticut Law Review, April 2020, February 10, 2021