Nina received her BA from Wesleyan in 1985 where she majored in Theater and studied at the University of Florence in Italy her junior year. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1991 where she was a member of the Journal of Law and Feminism and the Barrister’s Union.
Nina began her legal career as an associate in commercial litigation law firms in Manhattan and devoted significant time to pro bono matters, including employment discrimination and First Amendment/whistleblower and death penalty cases.
Nina joined the Law Department for the City of New York as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in 1995 and was promoted to Senior Trial Counsel in 1998. As Senior Trial Counsel, Nina was responsible for prosecuting the most serious crimes committed by juveniles city-wide. In all, Nina conducted approximately 50 bench trials, ranging from assault to homicide, during her tenure there. In 1999, Ms. Pirrotti received the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Municipal Affairs Award for outstanding achievement as an Assistant Corporation Counsel.
Nina joined the Queens County District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney in 2000. She was promoted to the Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau in 2002 where she was responsible for prosecuting some of the most violent crimes committed in the county, including homicides, bank robberies, kidnappings and pattern crimes. As an Assistant District Attorney, Nina served as lead trial counsel in approximately 25 felony jury trials.
During her tenure as a prosecutor, Nina was a Trial Advocacy Instructor at the New York Prosecutor’s Training Institute, and a Trial Advocacy and Criminal Procedure Instructor at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office and the New York City Law Department’s Corporation Counsel.
Nina joined Casper and deToledo in Stamford, Connecticut in 2005 and became a member of the firm in 2006. At Casper & deToledo, Nina served as co-counsel in three jury trials involving age discrimination, medical malpractice and truck accident claims.
Nina joined our firm in 2007. She is the President of the Connecticut Employment Lawyer’s Association (“CELA”) and serves as the Second Circuit representative on the National Employment Association's ("NELA") Affiliate Relations Committee. Nina is also a memeber of the Connecticut Tials Lawyer's Association ("CTLA") and the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association ("CCDLA").
