JOSEPH J. PASSARETTI JR. is a 1990 graduate of Rutgers University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science. He attended the Quinnipiac University School of Law and received his Juris Doctor in 1993. He wrote for the school’s Law Review and the Connecticut Probate Law Journal, and served as President of the Law School’s Mock Trial Society. Attorney Passaretti is admitted to the bars of the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, as well as the bars for the United States Federal Districts of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Attorney Passaretti worked for the Law Office of Christine L. Harrigan, a staff counsel litigation firm for The Travelers focusing on the defense of workers’ compensation matters, where he practiced for three years before joining Montstream Law Group in 1998 where he continues to focus primarily on workers’ compensation defense litigation. Attorney Passaretti is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and has served as the Chairman (2015-2017) and Vice Chairman (2013-2015) of the Executive Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section; He is currently serving in the office of Immediate Past Chair and chairs several subcommittees. He is a member of the CBA’s Committee on Professionalism and Legal Education. Attorney Passaretti has written and published articles on Workers’ Compensation in Compensation Quarterly and Connecticut Lawyer magazine. In 1998, Attorney Passaretti became a Coordinating Editor of Compensation Quarterly, and served as Editor-In-Chief from 2002-2008. Attorney Passaretti was an Adjunct Professor for the University of Connecticut from 1999-2002, teaching in their Paralegal Studies Program. He has lectured for Lorman Education Services, NBI, Sterling and the State of Connecticut in the area of Workers’ Compensation practice and procedure and has been a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist since 2001.  Attorney Passaretti is also a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and since 2005 has been a member of DRI’s Lawyer’s Professionalism and Ethics Committee, as well as their Workers’ Compensation Committee.

Attorney Passaretti was named Best Lawyers® Best Lawyer of the Year in 2014 – Workers’ Compensation. In 2019, Attorney Passaretti was inducted into the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers®.

Attorney Passaretti is the Editor of Connecticut Workers’ Compensation After Reforms, Sixth Edition (2015). He is also the Editor of Connecticut Workers’ Compensation After Reforms, Centennial Edition (2012), and Fourth Edition (2010).