Joseph W. McQuade

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 2013.

21 Oak Street, Suite 601 Hartford, Connecticut 06106-8003

(860) 493-0870

Firm: Kainen, Escalera & McHale, P.C.

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Overview

Firm

Kainen, Escalera & McHale, P.C.

Years In Practice

Phone Number (860) 493-0870

Mr. McQuade represents and counsels private and public employers with respect to a wide-range of employment, civil rights and business issues. Mr. McQuade has extensive experience in defending employers, municipal entities and government officials in state and federal court and in administrative tribunals, against a variety of employment law claims, including civil rights claims, First and Fourteenth Amendment claims, race discrimination claims, disability discrimination claims, age discrimination claims, sex discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation claims, Equal Pay Act claims, wage and hour claims, whistleblower claims and all manner of tort and contract claims. Mr. McQuade regularly represents employers before the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission in workers’ compensation retaliation matters and also represents municipalities facing heart and hypertension claims. He also represents employers in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements and in interest and grievance arbitration. Mr. McQuade has experience in municipal ethics issues, qui tam (whistleblower) actions, civil RICO actions, commercial disputes, product liability and tort actions as well as criminal matters. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. McQuade served as the judicial law clerk to United States Magistrate Judge Joan Glazer Margolis for two years.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Awards

Since 2013, Mr. McQuade has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Litigation – Labor and Employment Law.
Mr. McQuade has received a peer review rating of “BV Distinguished” from Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

Graduated

Yale University, BA

Graduated 1989

Contact Details and Office Locations

Office: (860) 493-0870

21 Oak Street, Suite 601
Hartford, Connecticut 06106-8003

Hartford, Connecticut 06106-8003

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