Elena Zweifler, Esq.

Admitted to Connecticut Bar 2009
Admitted to New York Bar 1995
Brandeis University, B.A., Cum Laude, 1992
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1995, Brooklyn Law Review (1993-1995)

Before joining FEINER WOLFSON LLC in 2006, Elena worked as in-house counsel at UBS Financial Services, Inc. in Weehawken, New Jersey in the Legal and Compliance Departments and at General Electric in Fairfield, Connecticut in the Corporate Counsel’s office.

Publications:

• Note, Loper vs. New York City Police Department – Is Panhandling Protected by the First Amendment? 60 Brooklyn Law Review, 587 (1994).

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Placements

Representative Matters:

• Blue Sky work for multi-state private placement offerings on behalf of a health care software development and sales company
• Certification of contractors before regulatory authorities, including Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
• Represent client against a healthcare agency in a mediation involving an alleged violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
• Represent clients before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, in age and race discrimination actions.
• Represented plaintiff employee in Small Claims trial involving an alleged withholding of accrued vacation benefits.