LAW FIRM LAUNCHES ANOTHER PRACTICE

Pullman & Comley LLC announced the addition of attorney Ryan O”™Donnell as a member and attorney Maria Rapp as an associate. O”™Donnell will serve as chair of the firm”™s new hospitality practice group, which will include Rapp as vice chair and attorneys from across Pullman”™s other practice areas already working in the restaurant and hospitality industries.

O”™Donnell is a member of the firm”™s labor and employment practice and focuses his legal practice on the representation of management in both public and private sector labor and employment matters. 

Rapp is an associate in the firm”™s labor and employment practice and represents businesses and governmental entities in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. She litigates a wide range of employment law claims, including allegations of discrimination, retaliation and wage and hour violations.

Named the Connecticut Restaurant Association Vendor of the Year in 2021, O”™Donnell is a member of the Canton Board of Education. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross and University of Connecticut School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctorate. Rapp graduated from St. John”™s University, with honors, and New York Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctorate.

With more than 90 attorneys, Pullman & Comley, founded in 1919, is one of Connecticut”™s largest firms with offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and Westport, Connecticut; Springfield, Massachusetts; Wakefield, Rhode Island; and White Plains, New York.