David S Rintoul

Attorney Rintoul has a diverse ERISA benefits, business law, employment law, and general litigation practice. He advises employers and employees regarding Connecticut non-competition and employment agreements.

 Attorney Rintoul has handled numerous trials and appeals in state and federal court. He has been class counsel in national and Connecticut class action lawsuits. He represents claimants in long-term and short-term disability benefit appeals, for both group ERISA plans and private disability insurance in Connecticut and New York State.  He advises individuals in initial disability benefit denials, and management of on-going disability insurance claims.  He represents individuals regarding State of Connecticut regular and disability pensions, and appears regularly before the Connecticut State Retirement Commission and the Medical Examining Board, and represents individuals in Connecticut municipal pension claims and appeals.

 Attorney Rintoul also regularly lectures and writes on a variety of subjects on Connecticut law. He has taught seminars in a broad range of employment and employee benefit matters for the Connecticut Bar Association and other continuing legal education organizations. 

Attorney Rintoul is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York State, and is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association. He ais past president of the Labor & Employment Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.

 He resides in Wilton, Connecticut. He is an avid amatur trombonist, and has plaid with the Wesleyan Orchestra; the Eric Kuhn Group, a Middletown-based rock band; the American Chamber Orchestra, the Civil Orchestra of New Haven (principal) and other classical, jazz and rock groups around the state.  For many years, he organized an annual Family Shakespeare in Portland program, which brought professional theatre companies to perform Shakespeare for free on the Portland, Connecticut Town Green.