Let's Talk Legal

Join CGKA for Ground Rules: Legal Best Practices for Landscape Employers, an interactive session with attorney [Name], who specializes in employer support, contract preparation, and employment litigation for businesses like yours.

📅 Tuesday, November 11 | 6:30 PM
📍 Craft Kitchen, Plantsville, CT

This open discussion will cover real-world cases, best practices, and common legal pitfalls — from employee management and compliance to contract clarity and documentation. Come ready with your questions and leave with valuable insights to help protect your team and your business.

Robert D. Noonan is an attorney and founder of Robert Noonan and Associates-a law firm that advises employers, several trade associations, and insurance professionals and on employer-employee issues. The firm:

· Represents employers before federal courts, state courts and administrative agencies;

· Advises employers on employee benefits issues;

· Develops legal documents including writing or reviewing employee handbooks, employment policies employee and separation agreements;

· Trains managers and employees in the law of the workplace, leave issues, sexual harassment, and performance appraisals.

Prior to joining the firm, Bob served as Vice President and Counsel for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. In addition, Bob’s professional experience includes 20 years in Human Resources Management with Pitney Bowes Inc, and the Napier Co, an international manufacturing concern. He holds a juris doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law as well as a master’s degree in industrial relations and a master’s degree in sociology.

Bob is the author of An Employer’s Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act and “The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Understanding the Compliance Obligations of Group Health Plans and Health Care Providers.” He is a contributing author on disability law in Cumulative Trauma Disorders, a medical text, and writes on workplace issues for a variety of publications including the Connecticut Law Tribune. In addition, Bob has been featured in a number of publications including the Society for Human Resources Management’s Trends in Management (“Robert Noonan: Expert’s Viewpoint”), The New York Times, The Hartford Courant, The New Haven Register, The Stamford Advocate, The New London Day, The Waterbury Republican and others. Additionally, he has appeared on several television programs concerning workplace issues.

He is a member of the Employment Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and a faculty member of Central Connecticut State University He is admitted to practice before the Connecticut Superior Courts and the Federal District Courts.