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Kristan Peters-Hamlin

Kristan Peters-Hamlin

Peters Hamlin Law, LLC
  • Employment Law, Business Law, White Collar Crime
  • Connecticut
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Education
The University of Texas School of Law
J.D.
Honors: Texas International Law Journal, Symposium Editor
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Cornell University
B.S.
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Professional Experience
Managing Partner
Peters Hamlin Law, LLC
Current
Speaking Engagements
Four Years After SOX: Where Are We?, Houston, TX
Fulbright & Jaworski
2006
Retaliation and Whistle Blowing Under Sarbanes-Oxley, Advance Civil Trial Law Conference, Houston, TX
South Texas College of Law
2006
Four Years After SOX: Where Are We? A Review of SOX Retaliation Cases, New York, NY
Associate of Corporate Counsel of America (ACCA)
2006
The Glass Ceiling, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vital Voices
2008
Awards
New York Super Lawyer
Magazine of Law and Politics
Awarded from 2006-2007
Selected to Serve on the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal
Justice Department
Professional Associations
Connecticut Bar Association, Employment Law Committee
Member
Current
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Fairfield County Bar Association
Member
Current
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Women's Bar Association, New York Judicial Selection Committee
Member
Current
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International Bar Association, Discrimination and Gender Equality Committee
Member
Current
Activities: Also a member of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee, the Human Rights Law Committee, and the Women's Interest Group
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Association for a Better New York
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Current
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Connecticut
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2nd Circuit
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4th Circuit
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D.C. Circuit
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
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Practice Areas
Employment Law
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
White Collar Crime
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
Legal Answers
Q. If you clock in and out of work, is it assumed that you are a wage worker?
A: If by wage earner you mean non-exempt, normally it is only non-exempt employees who are required to clock in and out. But there is no law prohibiting an employer from making exempt salaried employees clock in and out.
Q. I am a teacher and took FMLA leave. Snow days occurred during the leave. Can my employer require me to make up the days
A: If the employer is counting the snow days against your FMLA leave, you cannot be required to make it up. But the employer should not count the snow days against your FMLA leave, in which case you could be required to make it up.
Q. Am I Trespassing if I'm picking up my last pay check?
A: The answer depends on whether your employer has informed you, in writing or otherwise, that you are not entitled to come back on the property and your paycheck has been mailed to you. A finding of trespass turns in most states on whether you have been notified not to come onto the property and whether you have a legitimate basis to come on to the property. Normally, coming to pick up a paycheck would be a legitimate basis to come onto the property unless you have already been told that it will be mailed to you and that you should not return. If that is the case, the safer course is to wait for it to be mailed. If you do not receive it, report it to the Dept of Labor as nonpayment of wages. It is best to avoid physical confrontation. ... Read More
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Peters Hamlin Law, LLC
21 Compo Pkwy
Westport, CT 06880
Telephone: (203) 504-2050