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About The AttorneysSumma
and Ryan, P.C. is currently staffed by three attorneys, one human resources
specialist/paralegal and clerical staff. The
firm has Martindale-Hubbell’s highest “AV” rating, indicating pre-eminence
in its field.
Joseph B. Summa has a BA from Wesleyan University, a Masters Degree in
Labor Law and Organizational Behavior from Cornell University and a Law Degree
from the University of Connecticut. He
has served as advisor and counselor to local companies, municipalities, and
Fortune 500 corporations in all aspects of labor and employment law including
National and State Boards of Labor Relations proceedings, employment
discrimination, workers’ compensation, arbitration, contact negotiations and
general labor relations strategy. He was appointed by Governor Rowland as Chief
Negotiator for the State in its negotiations with state employee unions.
Mr. Summa is frequent lecturer at universities and before business
organizations on workplace issues, discrimination law, preventative labor
relations and collective bargaining. He has authored numerous articles including
one of the earliest studies of State employee collective bargaining “Collective
Bargaining for State Employees: A Look at the Statute and Relevant Decisions”
Connecticut Law Review, Summer 1977. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the
Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section and is active
in the Connecticut and American Bar Associations’ Labor and Employment Law
sections.
Mary Jane Ryan has a BA from St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY, and is
a 1978 honors graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law where she
concentrated in the study of private and public sector labor law.
Upon graduation from law school she served as a Law Clerk to the judges
of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.
She also served as Vice-President and General Counsel to the Associated
General Contractors of Connecticut, Inc., a trade association comprised of major
commercial and industrial companies that engaged in multi-employer bargaining
with Connecticut's various construction unions.
Since then, she has engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and
employment law in the public and private sector, representing management in
contract negotiations, binding interest arbitration under M.E.R.A., S.E.R.A.,
and the Teachers’ Negotiation Act, contractual grievance and arbitration
proceedings, and other employment law matters, including unfair labor practice
proceedings before the state and federal boards of labor relations and
discrimination cases before CHRO and EEOC.
Ms. Ryan has been an adjunct professor of labor relations at Teikyo Post
University and has served as instructor for certificate programs in human
resources management and personnel relations and the law.
She has lectured before a variety of trade and professional associations
on numerous labor law related topics including privacy issues in the workplace,
sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination and wrongful termination.
She has authored several articles in trade magazines and other
publications on employment issues including ERISA implications on sections of
Connecticut’s workers’ compensation statute and drug and alcohol testing in
the workplace.
William A. Ryan has a B.A. from Williams College and is a graduate of
Hofstra University School of Law where he was presented with the school’s
Labor Law Award at graduation ceremonies. His
practice has been confined to the representation of management in labor and
employment relations since graduating from law school in 1992.
He has labor and employment litigation experience in both State and
Federal Court as well as before various labor and employment administrative
agencies. He has also passed the
New York and Connecticut bar examinations and is currently a member of the
Connecticut and American Bar Associations’ Labor Law sections.
Further, he is a contributing author of a recently published treatise on
Connecticut labor and employment law. |
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