Emma Dignoti

Emma L. Dignoti ASSOCIATE

Emma Dignoti focuses her practice on civil litigation, including family law, employment law, personal injury, civil rights, land use, landlord-tenant matters, and commercial disputes.

She received her undergraduate degrees in Political Science (B.A., summa cum laude) and Environmental Earth Science (B.S., summa cum laude, with a concentration in Sustainable Energy) from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2019 and her J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2022. During law school, Emma served as an Executive Editor for the Connecticut Law Review and earned CALI Excellence Awards for class performance in Criminal Law, Clinic: Environmental Law, and Legal Spanish I. She was a member of the Connecticut Moot Court Board and received a Certificate in Energy and Environmental Law. Emma is admitted to practice in Connecticut.

Practice Areas

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, Juris Doctorate with a Certificate in Energy and Environmental Law, 2022
    • Executive Editor Connecticut Law Review
    • Terry J. Tondro Award (2021)
    • Research Assistant to Professor Sara Bronin in Historic Preservation (2020 – 2021)
    • Teaching Assistant to Professor Maureen Johnson in Legal Practice: Research and Writing (2020)
    • Connecticut Moot Court Board Member, Loiselle Competition (2020)
    • Women Law Students’ Association Mentor (2020 – 2022)
    • Mock Trial Society, Davis Competition (2019)
    • Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Society, Annual Fall Intramural Negotiation Competition Semifinalist (2019)
  • Eastern Connecticut State University, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Science and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, summa cum laude, 2019
    • Global Field Courses to Western U.S. (2019), Costa Rica (2017) and Iceland (2016)
    • Student Government Association (2018-2019)
    • Leading Off Campus (2017)
  • Connecticut, 2022
  • American Bar Association
    • Family Law Section
    • Young Lawyers Section
  • Connecticut Bar Association
    • Family Law Section
    • Women in the Law Section
    • Young Lawyers Section
  • Connecticut Trial Lawyers’ Association
  • Fairfield County Bar Association