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Managing Partner
Minchella & Associates, L.L.C., Attorneys and Counselors at Law
2003 - Present
Adjunct Professor of Law
Quinnipiac University School of Law
2001 - 2015
Senior Associate
Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, P.C.
1999 - 2003
Associate
Halloran & Sage LLP
1998 – 1999
Associate Attorney
Tinley, Nastri, Renehan and Dost, LLP
1997
Law Clerk
State of New Jersey Judiciary
1996 - 1997
Assistant
Norris McLaughlin & Marcus
1989 - 1993
Connecticut
1997
Saint Bonaventure University
B.A. (Philosophy)
1989
Associations
Honors / Awards
Publications
Connecticut Lawyer To Plead or Not to Plead
2001
American Law Firm Association State Compendium on Comparative Negligence
1999
Please describe a case in the last year or two where you made a big difference.
Every case makes a big difference in either an individual's life or a business's operations. A particular one involved a start-up company. We represented a start-up that sued the manufacturer that built part of its product. That manufacturer simply stopped producing our client's product because a larger company had purchased the manufacturer and didn't think our client's "business" it was worth it for them to continue the contract. We also helped a former employee of a company get back all of her promised retirement benefits that her former employer had promised her, for the rest of her life.
How did you build a successful practice?
By listening to clients and what their wishes are, hearing what is important to them or their business, returning phone calls promptly, providing the best representation we can, and using technology in all areas to systemize processes and protocols into best processes for cases we handle.
What should clients look for in a lawyer?
Honesty and candid advice about their case, an ability to explain the law as it relates to their case, and a willingness to give an opinion on the probabilities of prevailing or not prevailing, and costs (financial and emotional) for both.
How important is local knowledge to the success of your cases?
Very important.
What information can you provide in a free phone consultation?
Very little that would be of value to a potential client.
What information do you need in a free phone consultation?
The basic information to run a conflicts check, and determine whether an in-person consultation would help the potential client understand their situation better as it relates to the law.
What differentiates you from other lawyers in your community?
We are a sharp law firm in everything we do. And we truly listen to our clients and get to know them because knowing the client, what makes them tick, helps us represent and advise them better.
What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
People and relationships, and truly helping people solve problems.
What are your other interests in addition to law?
Hiking, racquetball, family, meditation, cycling, golf.
Are you involved in your community?
Yes, I provide pro bono counsel to a community services organization, I am active with the local chamber of commerce, and serve on the Board of Trustees of a retreat house, and my law school's alumni executive board.
Business, Employment, Business & Trade, Deceptive Trade Practices, Corporate
