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Attorneys
 

Douglas J. Varga

Practice Areas
Litigation
Employment

 


Phone: (203) 332-5770
Email: dvarga@znclaw.com

Doug Varga concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation and labor and employment litigation.  His work involves proceedings before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and industry regulatory bodies.  Mr. Varga has handled cases covering a broad range of litigation matters, including trade secret misappropriation, violation of non-competition and confidentiality agreements, employment discrimination, and claims arising under the ADA, ADEA, Title VII, ERISA, and other federal and state laws.  Mr. Varga also has litigated suits involving claims of professional negligence, fraud, unfair trade practices, securities fraud, and RICO violations.  He has counseled employers on anti-discrimination policies, protection of confidential business information, severance agreements, and progressive discipline of employees. 

Before joining the firm in January of 1999, Mr. Varga practiced in Chicago and New York, devoting the major portion of his time to insurance industry issues, including work on suits involving life and health insurance and managed care disputes, as well as complex ERISA pension and welfare benefit matters.

Education

  • Fairfield University (1985)
  • Vanderbilt University School of Law (1989)
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois (1989)
  • Connecticut (1998)
  • New York (1997)
  • U.S. Supreme Court (1995)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (2000)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1993)
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (1998)
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1997)
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (1997)
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1989)
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois (1996)
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois (1993)
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (1995)
Memberships
  • American Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
Publications
  • W.A. Chittenden III and D. Varge, Liability of Managed Health Care Organizations, in MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (Matthew Bender 1995)
  • D. Varga, Amending United States Antidumping Laws to Create a Viable Private Right of Action, 22 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1023 (1989)
Seminars
  • Employment Law Issues (Sterling Educational Services) (May 28, 2003)
  • Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Connecticut (Lorman Education Services) (March 22, 2005; March 15, 2006)
Reported & Unreported Decisions
  • Caputo v. Pfizer, Inc., 267 F.3d 181 (2d Cir. 2001)
  • Speciale v. Seybold, 147 F.3d 612 (7th Cir. 1998)
  • Harris Trust and Savings Bank v. Provident Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 57 F.3d 608 (7th Cir. 1995)
  • Bullwinkel v. New England Mut. Life Ins. Co., 18 F.3d 429 (7th Cir. 1994)
  • R.T. Hepworth Co. v. Dependable Ins. Co., Inc., 997 F.2d 315 (7th Cir. 1993)
  • Phillips v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co., 978 F.2d 302 (7th Cir. 1992)
  • Thal v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 3593408 (D. Conn. Dec. 8, 2006)
  • Crawley v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc., 309 F.Supp.2d 261 (D. Conn. 2004)
  • Murvin v. Jennings, 259 F.Supp.2d 180 (D. Conn. 2003)
  • Caputo v. Pfizer, Inc., 89 F.Supp.2d 237 (D. Conn. 2000)
  • USES Mfg., Inc. v. Rocky Mountain Institute Research, 94 F.Supp.2d 218 (D. Conn. 2000)
  • Pinski v. Adelman, 955 F. Supp. 73 (N.D. Ill. 1996)
  • Harris Trust and Savings Bank v. Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 854 F. Supp. 524 (N.D. Ill. 1994)
  • Progressive Realty Advisors, Inc. v. Great-West Life Assur. Co., 783 F. Supp. 1114 (N.D. Ill. 1991)
  • Racich v. Mid Continent Builders Co., 755 F. Supp. 228, N.D. Ill. 1991)
  • Hill v. Raffone, 103 Conn. App. 737 (2007)
  • Curley v. Kaiser, 2007 WL 2202634 (Conn. Super. July 9, 2007)
  • Wright v. Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, 2007 WL 969566 (Conn. Super. March 20, 2007)
  • Carver v. CDC Technologies, 2007 WL 828516 (Conn. Super. Feb. 27, 2007)
  • Tozier v. Ward Leonard Elec. Co., 2005 WL 1331798 (Conn. Super. May 16, 2005)
  • Pianin v. Thru-Way Shopping Center, LLC, 2005 WL 2277140 (Conn. Super. Aug. 24, 2005)
  • NewInno, Inc. v. Peregrim Development, Inc., 2004 WL 1098753 (Conn. Super. April 27, 2004)
  • Pontecorvo v. Motorola Inc., 2004 WL 729088 (Conn. Super. March 19, 2004)
  • Katragadda v. Chin, 2003 WL 23177493 (Conn. Super. Dec. 24, 2003)
  • DiMenna v. Pace Motor Lines, Inc., 2003 WL 22904544 (Conn. Super. Nov. 21, 2003)
  • Doe v. Favreau, 2003 WL 1477585 (Conn. Super. March 7, 2003)
  • Cuomo v. Coassin, 2000 WL 992154 (Conn. Super. June 28, 2000)
  • Green v. Jackson, 289 Ill.App.3d 1001, 682 N.E.2d 489 (1997)
  • Verbaere v. Life Investors Ins. Co., 226 Ill.App.3d 289, 589 N.E.2d 753 (1992)
  • Plohg v. NN Investors Life Ins. Co., Inc., 583 N.E.2d 1233 (Ind. App. 1992)
  • NN Investors Life Ins. Co., Inc. v. Crossley,  580 N.E.2d 307 (Ind. App. 1991)