Emily A. Gianquinto

Previous Offices Held:

President (2025-2026), President-Elect (2024-2025), Vice President (2023-2024)

Professional Data:

Attorney Gianquinto is special counsel at McCarter & English LLP, where she counsels employers on day-to-day employment matters and represents them before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and mediation and arbitration panels. Her experience includes litigating all manner of business disputes.

Office Location:

Hartford

CBA Activities:

• Board of Governors (2014-2018, 2020-2023)
• House of Delegates (2013-2023)
• Pro Bono Committee: Co-Chair (2024-2025)
• Labor & Employment Law Section: Executive Committee Member (2016-present), Co-Chair (2020-2022), Vice Chair (2019-2020)
• Long Range and Strategic Planning Committee (2021-present)
• Connecticut Lawyer Advisory Committee: Co-Chair (2019-2020)
• Membership Committee (2016-2017, 2018-2020)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: Co-Chair (2025-2026), Member (2016-2017, 2018-2020) 
• Litigation Section: Executive Committee Member (2015-present)
• CBA Presidential Fellow (2015-2017)
• Legislative Policy and Review Committee: Chair (2024-2025), Member (2013-2015) 
• Administrative Law Section: Executive Committee Member (2012-2015)
• ABA District Delegate (2011-2014)
• Pro Bono Committee (2010-2012)
• Young Lawyers Section: Special Projects Director (2014-2015), Diversity Director (2013-2014), CLE Director (2012-2013), Pro Bono Director (2010-2012), Federal Practice Committee Chair (2009-2011), Local Unit Chair (2009-2010)

Other Professional Activities:

• Knox Inc.: President (2017-2023)
• American Bar Foundation: Fellow
• Connecticut Bar Foundation: Fellow
• Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative Inc.: Board of Directors
• Hartford County Bar Association
• Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
• American Bar Association House of Delegates: Young Lawyer District Delegate (2010-2014)

Law School:

University of Connecticut School of Law