The daughter of a U.S. Air Force Officer, Toni Gentry was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. Toni graduated from Port St Lucie High School in 1997 in the top 1% of her class while simultaneously graduating from Indian River Community College with an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science through the Dual Enrollment Program. She attended Washington and Lee University (“W&L”) on a full academic scholarship and graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Business Management. Upon graduation from W&L, Toni was recruited to the Atlanta office of the international public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PWC”). Toni has been part of Green and Gentry, CPAS, LLC f/k/a Michelle E. Green, CPA, PC since 2004. In 2014, Toni realized a long-time dream when she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Shepard Broad Law School at Nova Southeastern University. Toni Gentry is both an Attorney licensed by the Florida Bar and a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Florida and Texas. Toni now combines her accounting and tax law expertise with her passion for Law. Toni practices in the areas of Tax, Probate and Estate, Employment and Business Litigation and Representation. Toni is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Bar Association, American Board of Forensic Accountants, Florida Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, Inc., and the St Lucie, Martin and Palm Beach County Bar Associations. Toni’s tenacity, intellect, and drive are all qualities that she utilizes to provide the best representation for you!!

Class / Mass Tort Litigation Tracey George devotes her practice to fighting for employees’ rights. After years of defending Fortune 500 employers in the nation’s largest law firms, Tracey felt compelled to make a personal change and re-focus her energy on helping employees recover the wages they work so hard to earn and ensuring they are treated with respect in the workplace. Tracey graduated from University of Missouri – Columbia in 1997, earning two B.S.B.A. degrees in Finance & Banking and Real Estate. In 2000, she earned her J.D. from University of Kansas School of Law, where she was a member of the Kansas Law Review. Since 2000, Tracey has practiced almost exclusively wage and hour, employment, and class and collective action litigation. She was trained by the best and brightest employment attorneys in national defense law firms Bryan Cave, Greenberg Traurig, and Ogletree Deakins. Her former clients included Walmart, AT&T, Honeywell, Tyco, U-Haul, Sara Lee, and Kansas City Power & Light. In addition to litigating wage and hour and other employment claims, Tracey has audited the wage and hour and employment practices of Fortune 500 companies across the country. And, she routinely counseled employers regarding compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. Tracey has also litigated discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination cases. She is knowledgeable on rights afforded employees under the FLSA, Title VII, ADA, FMLA, ADEA, and state human rights and wage payment acts. In recent years, Tracey’s practice has been largely devoted to representing employees in wage and hour litigation throughout the United States, including cases with the following claims:Call center employees are required to perform off-the-clock, pre-shift and post-shift work (including logging on and off computers);Production employees are required to change into and out of uniforms and personal protective gear without pay; Pharmaceutical sales reps, loan officers, “managers” and other employees are misclassified as exempt from overtime and minimum wages;Nursing home employees have unpaid lunch breaks automatically deducted from their paychecks but are rarely provided an uninterrupted break; Bonuses, incentives, and shift differential pay is not properly included in employees’ regular rate of pay when calculating overtime pay;Employees are terminated in retaliation for reporting or complaining of wage violations or unlawful conduct (whistle-blowing). While these are just a few examples of the types of cases Tracey has handled, her prior experience representing companies provides invaluable insight in pursuing employees’ claims. Tracey knows the way many of these companies operate. She knows what information and electronic data these companies may actually possess to evidence your time worked but not paid. And, she is prepared to combat the tactics used by these companies to defend a policy that may appear lawful on its face but is unlawful as applied or disregarded every day by managers.When she is not fighting for employees’ rights across the country, Tracey enjoys spending time with friends and family, being outside, and listening to and playing music. Born and raised in Missouri, Tracey likes to travel but always seems to make her way back to Kansas City.

As the leader of Howd & Ludorf, LLC’s municipal practice group, Thomas R. Gerarde appears in state and federal courts throughout Connecticut, including both state and federal appellate courts, representing public officials, law enforcement officers, boards of education, land use commissions, firefighters, emergency response personnel, and all other municipal employees. Tom defends general and professional liability claims, including negligence, nuisance, highway defect, environmental, and all civil rights claims, including claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C 1983, Fair Housing Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, RLUIPA, and others. Tom’s extensive experience representing public entities at trial to verdict in state and federal court, and on appeal before the Connecticut Appellate Court, the Connecticut Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is detailed below.