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John M. Gesmonde
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Biography
John M. Gesmonde practices in the areas of labor, education, and employment law as well as municipal law and select land use issues. He has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association from 2014 through 2020 and from 2007 through 2019, New England Magazine named him a Super Lawyer. http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html
Mr. Gesmonde has experience representing individual employees, including superintendents of schools, more than 100 school administrator associations, and other public sector unions, including police, fire, secretarial, paraprofessional, nurse, custodial, and town hall employee units in collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, termination matters, and unfair labor practice complaints. He has extensive experience appearing and arguing before local boards and commissions, in the Connecticut Superior Courts, and in both the Appellate and Supreme Courts on labor and education issues as well as land use issues, including eminent domain, affordable housing, zoning, and inland wetlands matters. Since his appointment in 1983, Mr. Gesmonde has served on the State Department of Education Arbitration Panel as a labor sector advocate arbitrator.
Mr. Gesmonde received his B.A. degree from Columbia in 1967. In 1973, he received his J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut, School of Law where he served as Associate Editor of the Law Review and received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in contracts. Mr. Gesmonde was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1973 and is admitted to the bars of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (1975), the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1975), and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York (1977).
He is a frequent guest lecturer for teacher, administrator, superintendent, and assistant superintendent organizations and is a contributor to the Connecticut Association of School Administrators (CASA) newsletter. Mr. Gesmonde is a member of the New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations, the Connecticut Employment Lawyers’ Association, the National Employment Lawyers’ Association, and the American Arbitration Association.
Attorney Gesmonde served as Town Attorney for North Branford from 1985 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2015.
Miscellaneous Information:
Associate Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 1972-1973
Author: 'Emotional Neglect in Connecticut,' 5 Connecticut Law Review, p. 100, 1972
Member, North Branford Town Council, 1977-1981
Town Attorney for the Town of North Branford, 1985-2007, and 2009 to 2015
Designated: Connecticut Super Lawyer, 2007 through 2019; New England Super Lawyer, 2007 through 2019, Connecticut Magazine; Top Attorneys in Employment and Labor in U.S., Super Lawyers 2009 & 2010
National Trial Lawyers Association – Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2014 - 2020
Practice Areas
10
Practice Areas
Arbitration
10%
Civil Rights
10%
Contracts and Agreements
10%
Criminal Defense
10%
53 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Retainer
Sometimes
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in Connecticut for 52 years
State: Connecticut
Acquired: 1973
No misconduct found
Location
Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, LLC
(203) 407-4210
Fax
3127 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT, 06518-2344
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42 Thompson Street - Suite 1C, By Appointment Only, East Haven, CT, 06513
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Experience
Honors
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Special Civil Rights Award, West Haven Black Coalition
2016
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2016
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association
2013
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2010
U.S., Super Lawyers, Connecticut Magazine
2010
Top Attorneys in Employment and Labor, Connecticut Magazine
2009
Top Attorneys in Employment and Labor, Connecticut Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2009
U.S. Super Lawyers, Connecticut Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, New England Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyers
Work Experience
1985 - Present
Partner, GESMONDE, PIETROSIMONE & SGRIGNARI, LLC
1900 - Present
Of Counsel, Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
Associations
1994 - Present
Connecticut Association of School Administrators (CASA)Contributor
1983 - Present
State Department of Education Arbitration PanelArbiter
New Haven County Bar Association
Member
Connecticut Bar Association
Member
National Employment Lawyers Association
Member
Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association
Member
American Arbitration Association
Member
2009 - 2015
Town of North BranfordTown Attorney
1985 - 2007
Town of North BranfordTown Attorney
1977 - 1981
North Branford Town CouncilCouncilman
Education
1973
University of Connecticut School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1967
Columbia University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2009
National Business Institute
Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law
2009
National Association of Secondary School Principals
First Amendment Rights for Students and Principals
2006
Litchfield County Superintendent Seminar
Effective Leadership and Dealing with School Board Conflict
2006
Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association, Hot Topics in Land Use Law and Practice
Campion v. Board of Aldermen of City of New Haven: are PDDs, Overlay Zones and Floating Zones Legal?
2006
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Workshop on “Collective Bargaining: Legal Issues and Binding Arbitration”
2006
Berkshire League Principals
“Q&A” Seminar - Collective Bargaining Strategies
2006
Alabama Administrators’ Association – National Association of Secondary School Principals Workshop
Avoiding Sexual and Other Discriminatory Harassment
2005
Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee
Binding Arbitration for Municipal and School Employees
2005
Anchorage Principals Association
We are Never Deceived; We Deceive Ourselves
2003
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Collective Bargaining: Efforts to Reform Binding Arbitration
2002
Anchorage Principals Association
Grievance Arbitration Procedure and Other Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
2001
Southern Connecticut State University, School Law Institute
Educational Leadership Course – Contemporary Issues in School Law
2000
Southern Connecticut State University, School Law Institute
Educational Leadership Course – Collective Bargaining
1999
Connecticut Bar Association, Public Sector Labor & Employment
Collective Bargaining in Connecticut – It May Be the Only Remedy for What Bugs You
1998
Education Connecticut – Assistant Superintendents Conference
Protecting Your Rights: The Contractual Standing of Assistant Superintendents
1997
Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents’ (CAPSS) Retirement Seminar
Contract Language
1996
Middlesex Shoreline Superintendents’ Association
Wages, Benefits and the Economy – Trends and Outlook
1987
Connecticut Association of Secondary Schools (CASS) Annual Fall Conference
Contract Writing and Negotiations
N/A
Collective Bargaining Mediation and Arbitration
Speaker & Advisor for 30+ years at the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) Annual Workshop
N/A
Collective Bargaining
Presenter for 22+ years at the Connecticut Association of School Administrators (CASA) Annual Workshop
Publications
2014
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Snide Musings on Illusions, Arbitrations and, by Insinuation, Negotiations
2013
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Pryor and Vallas Add New Meaning to ‘Turnaround’ and ‘Education Achievement Gap’
2013
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
From Muckety-Mucks to Sitting Ducks
2012
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Just How Personal Are Personnel Files Anyway?
2012
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Hoodwinked, or the Art of Being Artless
2012
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The Enemy Within
2012
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Abuse of Teachers and Administrators In the Name of Protecting Children – the Impolite Truth
2011
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Unions Not Getting Up From Political Knockout Blow
2011
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate, There Really Is No Question
2011
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Criticizing School Administrators at Board of Education Meetings Not Without Limitations
2010
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The Negation of the Teacher Negotiations Act . . . Or, Is Negotiability on the Verge of Negligibility?
2010
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
States Mesmerized by Feds’ Money,‘Moonwalking’ in Advancing Backward School Reforms
2010
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
How to Beat Bad Evaluations
2009
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Tinkering With Internet-Related School Speech: The Conflict Between Public School Administration and the First Amendment
2009
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The Economy – An Update
2009
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Change the Teacher Tenure (Dismissal) Act Now
2009
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
’Sexting’ – Felony or Flirting Phenomenons
2009
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Incentivize This
2008
Counselor’s Corner: Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
When It Comes to Bullying-Connecticut’s Anti-Bullying Statute §10-222d CGS
2005
National Association of Secondary School Principals, (Vol. 6, No. 1)
When the Writing is On the Wall
2003
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Evaluation of Administrators – What You Need to Know as an Administrator to Avoid Professional Catastrophe
2003
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The First Principles of Effective Grievance Procedure Utilization
2000
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Fired Educator Claims Due-Process Violated - Assistant principal who lost job over student search takes case to state’s Supreme Court
1999
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Collective Bargaining in Connecticut – It May Be the Only Remedy for What Bugs You
1998
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
So, You are In Negotiations. Are You Prepared? – A Labor Attorney’s View from the Table
1998
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
School Administrators – On the Endangered Species List?
1997
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Issues and Trends – Wages, Benefits and the Economy
1997
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
Contract Benefits – Going, Going
1995
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
How to Manage with Managed Care
1995
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The Evaluation Law and Teacher Dismissals
1994
Connecticut Association of School Administrators, Status & Welfare Publication
The Freedom of Information Action: The Right to Know; A Review of Two Recent Connecticut Court Decisions Affecting School Administrative Unions
1972
Connecticut Law Review; Associate Editor
Emotional Neglect in Connecticut
Languages
English