Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson

Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson is a Partner at Robinson+Cole with offices in Hartford, Connecticut, and New York. She focuses on employment law and counsels private sector employers, including startups, Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, nonprofit health care organizations, educational institutions, and manufacturers. Ms. Cole-Johnson advises clients on sensitive personnel issues, workplace investigations, compliance, training, employment litigation, and board-related matters that require careful judgment.

Ms. Cole-Johnson earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Emory University, where she studied English with French and Sociology minors. Before law school, she taught in the Atlanta Public School System as a Teach for America corps member. Her education and early public service experience support a practice grounded in communication, analysis, and practical workplace problem solving.

Ms. Cole-Johnson represents employers in employment disputes involving discrimination, wrongful termination, workers’ compensation retaliation, affirmative action compliance, and administrative proceedings. She also advises companies and human resources professionals on personnel policies, handbooks, discipline, wage-and-hour issues, accommodations, leave, unemployment, employment agreements, severance agreements, terminations, reductions in force, and workplace health and safety. Her experience includes high-profile investigations involving boards, senior management, and C-Suite executives.

Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson is ranked by Chambers USA in Connecticut labor and employment law and has been recognized by Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. She serves as a faculty member for the Association of Workplace Investigators and has held leadership roles in professional, civic, and nonprofit organizations. Ms. Cole-Johnson helps employers, boards, and executives navigate workplace risks, governance concerns, and employment challenges with strategic, practical guidance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Robinson & Cole LLP
• Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
• Member, American Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, American Employment Law Council
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Member, George W. Crawford Black Bar Association
• Member, Human Resource Association of Central Connecticut

Licensed State

• Connecticut
• New York

Education

• Emory University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Emory University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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