Ms. Acee’s employment and commercial litigation practice spans industries from entertainment and film to aviation and biotech. She has experience handling a variety of complex matters, including antitrust and unfair trade practice cases, licensing and distribution issues, contract disputes, product liability litigation, and all aspects of employment litigation and compliance, including successful defense of employers against allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and a variety of other claims. Though she represents clients of all sizes, many in her portfolio are Fortune 500 corporations as well as other publicly and privately held corporations, financial institutions, motion picture distributors and pharmaceutical companies, among others.

In addition to her extensive commercial and employment law experience, Ms. Acee spent several years defending a large branded pharma company in product liability drug claims involving several different drugs in Connecticut state and federal courts. She also has experience working with national counsel on multi-jurisdictional product liability drug defense matters. Ms. Acee has also worked closely with companies involved in the design and conduct of clinical trials, clinical trial management and the FDA marketing clearance or approval process.

Ms. Acee’s comprehensive litigation experience includes federal and state court jury and bench trials. She has also represented clients in proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies, including the Equal Opportunity Commission, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Connecticut Department of Labor. In addition, she regularly arbitrates and mediates claims for her clients.