Calvin K. Woo

Calvin is a seasoned advocate and counselor whose practice includes complex commercial and employment litigation, and government investigations and compliance. Calvin has a meticulous approach to handling his clients’ matters and focuses heavily on their business and personal objectives to develop the most effective strategies from pre-suit to verdict. 

Calvin is passionate about his clients by getting to know their businesses from the back office to the C-suite. For matters that must be litigated, Calvin brings to bear over two decades of trial and litigation experience before numerous state and federal courts, arbitrations, and administrative agencies.

Calvin’s commercial litigation practice includes the representation of publicly traded companies, middle market and closely held businesses, and high asset individuals in complex business and civil disputes. His clients encompass numerous industries including, but not limited to, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, technology, energy, and education.  His representative matters include the prosecution and defense of a wide range of actions including contract disputes, business torts, unfair trade practices, trade secrets, breaches of fiduciary duty, environmental claims, and fraudulent conveyances. Calvin has significant experience litigating disputes focused on defending and protecting clients on claims of trade secret misappropriation. Calvin’s employment practice includes representing businesses involving violations of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, as well as claims of discrimination and wrongful discharge.

Calvin also represents institutional and individual clients in responding to and defending against federal, state, and administrative governmental investigations and prosecutions, and has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for clients targeted or charged with misconduct. His representative matters include criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement actions in numerous areas including, but not limited to, financial and investor fraud (including matters before the SEC and the CFTC), health care fraud (including matters involving financial billing/audits), public corruption, and environmental and trade regulations. Prior to entering private practice, Calvin served as an assistant district attorney in the Investigations Division for the Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County.

Calvin is Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation and Trial group, and serves as Partner-in-Charge of its Connecticut offices and as a member of the firm’s Executive Board. Calvin also serves on multiple non-profit boards and is active in numerous bar associations.

Services/Industries

• White Collar Defense & Government Enforcement
• Litigation & Trial
• Business & Commercial Disputes
• Employment & Labor
• Environmental & Land Use
• Health Care Litigation
• Health Care
• Asset Forfeiture, Restitution, & Financial Penalty Defense

Education

• The George Washington University Law School (J.D.)
• University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude)

Public Service

• Board of Directors, Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity
• Policing Task Force, Connecticut Bar Association
• Board of Directors, Connecticut Bar Foundation (2017-2026)

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Connecticut

Court and Other Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Memberships

• Asian American Bar Association of New York
• Advisory Board, Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
• Government Enforcement and Compliance Committee, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association

Honors

• Recognized in the Legal 500 US City Elite Rankings – White Collar (Connecticut)
• AV^® Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® under Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Health Care
• Selected by peers for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers for Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, and General Litigation (2010-2013, 2015-2025)
• 2024 Recipient of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association Impact Award
• Named as a 2013 “New Leader in the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune
• Recognized as a “High Achiever” in the Connecticut Law Tribune‘s 2009 feature titled “Minorities and the Law”
• Recognized in the Lawyers of Color’s Inaugural “Hot List” in 2013
• Recipient of the 2012 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association “Best Lawyers Under 40” Award
• James W. Cooper Fellow for the Connecticut Bar Foundation

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