Nicole M. Rothgeb - a Hartford, Connecticut (CT) Labor and Employment Law Lawyer

Hartford Labor and Employment Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Labor and Employment Law

Attorney Information

Overview

Nicole joined the firm in 2005 and has been a partner since 2009. Her practice includes representing individual employees and representing labor unions. For her individual clients, Nicole provides counselling and representation in claims involving unlawful treatment related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, leaves of absence, and wrongful termination. She represents employees in front of administrative agencies including the CHRO, the DOL, and the EEOC, in mediations and arbitrations, as well as in the federal and state courts, at all stages of trial and appeal. She also regularly advises, negotiates for, and represents individual employees with issues arising under employment contracts, severance and/or non-compete agreements.

Nicole's experience representing Union clients includes many aspects of litigating and settling grievances, arbitrations, and administrative matters before the NLRB, the SBLR, the SBMA, the AAA, and in the courts. She also regularly advises Union leadership and members on contract administration and interpretation, negotiations, and the rights, protections and obligations that are available to unions and their members under applicable labor laws.

Nicole has played a significant role in many of the Firm's major victories. She played a key role in litigating union representation cases involving Columbia University and the New School, which established the right of student workers to organize. She also co-counselled a complex individual retaliation case, which resulted in a six-figure jury award for non-economic damages, as well as reinstatement plus an additional six-figure award from the court for the client's economic losses.

For both her union and individual employee clients, Nicole's primary goal is to empower workers and to even the playing field with employers.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

James W. Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation, 2020
New England Super Lawyer, Employment and Labor Category, 2016-Present
Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2010-2015
Most Powerful and Influential Women, National Diversity Council, 2012

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Included on the 2026 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2024 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2023 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2022 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2020 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2019 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2017 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2016 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2015 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2014 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2013 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2012 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2011 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 2003
  J.D.
  Honors: Honorable M. Joseph Blumenfeld Award and Fleming James, Jr. Award
  Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Employment Discrimination and Organizing the Workplace
  Honors: with Honors
  Law Review: Connecticut Law Review
Non Legal Education
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2000
  B.A.
  Honors: with Honors
  Major: Political Science and Legal Studies

Past Positions

Connecticut Legal Services, Public Benefits and Employment Attorney

Bar Admissions

Connecticut
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association, Past President, and Executive Board 2008 to present
Connecticut Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Executive Committee and, Member

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Contact

Hartford, CT

557 Prospect Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105 - 2922

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Phone: 860-454-9608

Fax: 860-232-7818

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.lapm.org

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