Baird Holm LLP is pleased to welcome Michael J. Roccaforte to the firm. Roccaforte focuses his practice on employment litigation. He defends employers against all types of employment claims, including discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, employment torts and workers’ compensation claims. Roccaforte also represents employers in non-compete, trade secret and fiduciary litigation matters.

Roccaforte graduated from Yale Law School in 2016, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. Prior to law school, he graduated with highest distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2013, earning bachelor’s degrees in political science and classical languages.

Before joining the firm, Roccaforte served as a law clerk for the Hon. Jerome Holmes of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017-18 and for the Hon. Fernando Olguin of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2018-19. Prior to clerking for the federal courts, he worked for a litigation boutique firm in Washington, D.C., representing clients in complex antitrust and telecommunications matters.

“We are very fortunate to have Mike join the firm. He is a valuable addition to Baird Holm’s Labor & Employment practice group,” said Baird Holm Managing Partner Richard E. Putnam. “His contributions will further solidify an important cornerstone of our firm.”

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