Brian Clemow

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Brian Clemow represents public and private employers in labor relations, personnel problems and other employment law matters. His clients include health care entities, educational institutions, manufacturers, financial services, state and local governments, and non-profit organizations. He also counsels CEOs and other senior executives regarding employment contracts and other employment-related agreements. Brian has taught various courses in labor relations and employment law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and served two terms as Chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section. He is a frequent speaker on employment-related topics at programs sponsored by business and professional groups.

Brian is the only Connecticut labor lawyer representing management who is listed in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Distinctions

  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers: Employment: Mainly Defendant; 2002-2006 and Labor & Employment; 2007-2011
  • Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Employment & Labor; 2006-2012
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®: Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management; 1983-2012
  • Selected as one of the "Top 100 Most Powerful Corporate Employment Attorneys in America", by Lawdragon and Human Resource Executive; 2011

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association: Former Chair, Labor and Employment Section
  • Hartford County Bar Association
  • AAA Advisory Council for Connecticut
  • Connecticut School Attorneys Council: Former President
  • Labor and Employee Relations Association: Steering Committee

Community Involvement

  • Hartford Hospital: Corporator and Co-Chair, Annual Fund
  • Harvard-Yale Regatta Committee
  • American Red Cross, Charter Oak Chapter: Former Chair
  • American School for the Deaf: Former President

Higher Education Labor Relations

Represent a nationally ranked college in Hartford in its labor relations matters with its buildings and grounds bargaining unit, including negotiations over outsourcing service work to an outside contractor.

Creation of a Public/Private Partnership

Represented a major private hospital group in labor aspects of negotiations with a public hospital over the creation of a public/private partnership to manage a new hospital, with public employees and private management.

News

September 2, 2011  "Best Lawyers in America" Recognizes 30 Lawyers from the Firm
July 15, 2011  James Ruggeri Receives National Recognition from "Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers"
June 17, 2011  Attorney Brian Clemow Named a Top Employment Attorney in America
April 2011  35 Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named a "Top Lawyer" in Hartford County
October 28, 2010  "Super Lawyers" Recognizes 47 Lawyers From Shipman & Goodwin LLP
September 23, 2010  "Best Lawyers In America" Recognizes 27 Lawyers from Shipman & Goodwin LLP
June 11, 2010  Shipman & Goodwin Recognized by Chambers USA 2010
October 27, 2009  Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
August 10, 2009  25 Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Recognized as "2010 Best Lawyers in America"
June 22, 2009  Shipman & Goodwin Recognized by Chambers USA 2009
March 2, 2009  Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars and Featured in Connecticut Magazine
December 4, 2008  Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Recognized as "2009 Best Lawyers in America"
November 7, 2008  Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
July 15, 2008  Shipman & Goodwin Recognized by Chambers USA
April 25, 2008  Attorneys Named By Super Lawyers®
September 1, 2007  Nineteen Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America for 2008
June 15, 2007  Shipman & Goodwin Ranked in Chambers USA
June 5, 2006  Shipman & Goodwin Recognized by Chambers USA
February 1, 2006  Thirty-Five Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named Connecticut "Super Lawyers®"
September 1, 2005  Seventeen Shipman & Goodwin Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America for 2006

Practice Areas

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Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1969, cum laude
  • Harvard College, B.A., 1966, cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of CT
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
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