D. Charles Stohler. Education. Admissions. Partner. Office: New Haven, CT. Phone: Fax:

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1 D. Charles Stohler Partner Office: New Haven, CT Phone: Fax: Service Areas Alternative Dispute Resolution Corporate & Business Labor & Employment Education Healthcare Education Muhlenberg College, A.B., 1978 ~ summa cum laude Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1981 Admissions Bar Admissions Connecticut; 1981 New York; 1982

2 Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;1982 U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut;1982 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania;1982 Overview For approximately 30 years, Chuck Stohler has been the lead partner in Carmody s Labor and Employment practice. Chambers USA calls him an excellent lawyer, creative, strategic and conscientious, a veteran of employment law who knows the subject matter inside out and as having a wealth of HR experience, giving him valuable insight into the problems and opportunities of employment and labor law. His practical, common sense approach with clients distinguishes Chuck and the Carmody Labor & Employment practice. Chuck s overall employment law experience spans more than 35 years, including several stints as an HR professional. Chuck has represented clients in virtually every aspect of employment law as well as traditional labor relations matters. He has appeared before the U.S. Departments of Labor, numerous state DOLs, the EEOC, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and other state FEP agencies, other administrative employment bodies and state and federal courts. At the request of numerous parties, Chuck s practice has focused on alternative dispute resolution, and he regularly serves as a neutral in mediations, arbitrations, fact findings and investigations. In particular, he has mediated numerous national and regional class and collective action wage-hour matters. Chuck, and the Carmody Labor & Employment Group, provide training seminars and written materials on all aspects of the employment relationship. These seminars include customized management training programs as well as presentations to state and national industry groups. Experience Conducted high-level investigations for Fortune 50 and regional companies in numerous offices nationwide. Investigations involved C-Suite executives on matters relating to discrimination, harassment, Equal Pay Act issues, contract claims, whistleblower and employee violence Mediates employment disputes, including FLSA and wage hour individual and collective action matters, discrimination, common law actions, executive compensation, and contract, noncompete and severance disputes Conducted investigations for public Boards of Education and private schools of board members, teachers and employees Regularly manages defense of U.S. and state wage and hour investigations Successfully defended a multi-day, highly contested arbitration and NLRB matters involving the discharge of a union official

3 Regularly represents senior executives in contract, executive compensation and sophisticated benefit matters Regularly represents for profit and non-profit employers in discrimination cases before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state FEP agencies Designed and implemented compensation plans with private sector employers Conducted high profile investigation of race charges made against municipal police department Distinctions Appointed as a Special Master by Connecticut federal court Judge Janet B. Arterton in a nationwide wage and hour class and collective action case pending in Connecticut. Highlighted in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA Guide to America s Leading Lawyers for Business for placing in the Top Tier of Lawyers in Connecticut. Highlighted as a Band 1 labor and employment attorney in Chambers USA, ; Noted as creative, strategic and conscientious, a veteran of employment law, who knows the subject matter inside out and as having a wealth of HR experience, giving him a valuable insight into the problems and opportunities of employment and labor law. Selected for inclusion in New England Super Lawyers in the area of Employment & Labor Law, Selected for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers in the area of Employment & Labor Law, Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings James W. Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation Participant in a two day course by the American Bar Association Mediation Institute on Dispute Resolution 2015 Attended 40 hour certification course by the American Arbitration Association on Essential Skills for the New Mediator 2012 Panelist, American Conference Institute, National Forum on Wage-Hour Claims and Class Actions, Miami, FL (January 2016) Phi Beta Kappa News 34 Attorneys Selected to the 2016 Connecticut Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 33 Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP Attorneys Selected to the 2018 New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists 41 Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP Attorneys Selected to the 2018 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars in Connecticut Lists 39 Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP Attorneys Selected to the 2017 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars In Connecticut Lists Chuck Stohler will present at the CBIA 2016 Human Resources Conference Carmody & Torrance s Litigation and Labor and Employment Groups Receive Honors from Chambers USA

4 Alerts United States Supreme Court Allows Class Action Waivers L&E Law Alert: Connecticut Court Issues Favorable Decision for Medical Marijuana Users L&E Law Alert: New Law on Pregnancy Discrimination L&E Law Alert: Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Punitive Damages Not Available Under State Anti-Discrimination Statute Labor & Employment Law Alert: New Connecticut Laws Labor and Employment Law Alert: Federal DOL Issues Broad Administrator s Interpretation on Joint Employment Labor and Employment Law Alert: Decision Protects Employees Online Speech Labor & Employment Law Alert: Recent Developments Labor & Employment Law Alert: Significant Developments Labor & Employment Law Alert: Supreme Court Cases and CT Paid Sick Leave Law Labor & Employment Law Alert: New Connecticut Law Requires 30 Months OF COBRA Coverage Labor & Employment Law Alert: Connecticut Legislature Increases Penalties for Employee Misclassification Labor & Employment Law Alert: The Effect of Health Care Reform on Employers Labor & Employment Law Alert: Increased Government Scrutiny on Employee Misclassification Issues Labor & Employment Law Alert: COBRA Premium Subsidy Extended and Expanded Labor & Employment Law Alert: Genetic Information Law To Take Effect Events 2018 Annual Labor & Employment Seminar Presenter, Ahead of the Curve Risk Management for Lawyers. Intellectual Property and Digital Asset Protection Workshop Legislative Updates Complying with the CT Rules of Professional Conduct: Avoiding Discipline & Malpractice CLE Speaker, What s a Mediation Advocate to do? A Guide for Mediation Advocates Affordable Care Act, Labor & Wage Law Update and Connecticut's Data Security Law Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC) Connecticut Medical Group Management Association Labor & Employment Seminar Hot Topics in Employment Law Human Resources Roundtable Breakfast Series: Social Media and the Workplace Legal Issues in Social Media Legal Update Review of Key Cases, Legislation & Other Developments in Employment Law NLRB Labor Issues for Non-Union Employers Northwest CT Human Resource Association, Hot Topics in Employment Law Panel on Effective Mediations Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Seminar Seminar: Important Changes to FLSA Overtime Rule

5 Seminar: What Does the New Federal Overtime Rule Mean for Non-Profit Organizations? Speaker, What HR Professionals Need to Know Now The Connecticut Healthcare Human Resources Association Recruitment Roundtable and Panel Discussion Wage and Hour Wage and Hour Claims and Class Actions Wage and Hour Developments What Every Attorney Should Know About Key Developments in Labor & Employment Law Affiliations American Arbitration Association Panel of Employment Arbitrators, Member American Arbitration Association Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, Member American Arbitration Association Panel of Employment Mediators, Member American Bar Association, Labor and Employment and ADR Sections Connecticut Bar Association, Labor and Employment and ADR Sections Connecticut Bar Association, Labor and Employment and ADR Executive Committee (former) New York Bar Association, Labor and Employment and ADR Sections New Haven Bar Association Waterbury Bar Association Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM Connecticut) Community Board Member, Community Mediation, Inc. (former) Board Member, Waterbury Regional Chamber Health Care Council (former) Member, New Haven Chamber of Commerce Human Resource Council Former Moderator, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut (former) Board Member, National Conference on Community and Justice, Connecticut/Western Massachusetts (former) 2018 Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP