John M. Letizia
Attorney John Letizia is the Managing and Founding Partner
in the New Haven law firm of Letizia, Ambrose & Falls in 1994 and has been
practicing law in Connecticut since 1986.
Attorney Letizia received his undergraduate degree from St. John's
University and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Attorney Letizia’s work includes employment law,
healthcare and corporate counseling, mergers and affiliations, litigation
defense, labor negotiations, arbitration, representation before the EEOC and
CHRO, personnel counseling, wage and hour audits, representation before the
Federal and Connecticut Department of Labor (including Wage & Hour, Field
Unit and FMLA enforcement divisions), the National Labor Relations Board, OSHA,
DSS, DDS, DMHAS and Connecticut’s Supreme Court. Attorney Letizia serves on CBIA’s Labor and
Employment and Workers’ Compensation Councils.
Attorney
Letizia has successfully defended employment discrimination cases before the
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Over the past 27 years, Attorney Letizia has prevailed without
settlement in the majority of cases, and in most other cases, has been able to
negotiate a very favorable resolution, with only a nominal payment (i.e.,
$7,500 or less) to the employee, without the terminated employee returning to
work, or with the employee resigning.
These settlement payments were, in almost all of the cases, less than
Attorney Letizia would have billed if the cases would have proceeded to a CHRO
or EEOC full probable case hearing, and dramatically less than it would have
cost to defend the case in civil litigation (the employee has a right to have
the case withdrawn from CHRO and then file a civil complaint in Connecticut’s
State courts).
Attorney Letizia is proud to
serve on the Connecticut Bar Association’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee,
where he is on the Subcommittee for Education Programs. Attorney Letizia has also received the
Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven Legal Services Award for his
pro bono work. He also received the
Harbor Health Services Community Partner Award in honor of his work in the
behavioral health community. Attorney
Letizia is a volunteer Youth Court Judge, which is a program that is part of
the Connecticut Juvenile Court system.
Finally, Attorney Letizia has been listed as a Super
Lawyer in the areas of employment, workers’ compensation and healthcare law and
was awarded the BV Distinguished rating for very high Legal Ability &
Ethical Standards by his fellow attorneys.
JOHN M. LETIZIA
Managing Partner
Letizia, Ambrose & Falls, P.C.
667-669 State Street, 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511
(P) 203-787-7000
(F) 203-787-7001
