Attorney Baird is a 1992 graduate of Yale Law School who began her legal career as an assistant attorney general and a prosecutor for the State of Connecticut. She is a 6-year Veteran of the United States Air Force. During her time in the military Attorney Baird enrolled in college while stationed at Shaw Air Force Base and graduated in 1988 from the University of South Carolina magna cum laude. Since 2001 Attorney Baird has owned and managed her private practice where she represents clients in the criminal and civil courts. Attorney Baird is a trial attorney and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Top Rated Constitutional Law attorney. She has pursued constitutional law cases particularly in the areas of 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, and 4th Amendment law. Attorney Baird brings her litigation skills and experience to a range of legal areas including business litigation. She is licensed to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia and has been admitted pro hac vice to the Southern District of California and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Attorney Baird In the News:

Valentine, Matt, The Second Amendment Issue the Supreme Court Can't Avoid, Politico Magazine, July 3, 2017 at (“In Harwinton, Connecticut, in the back room of a law office nestled between the Liquor Lady and a plot of weathered gravestones along sleepy Burlington Road, Rachel Baird and Edward Peruta cohost a live-streaming internet talk show at 7 a.m., Mondays through Thursdays.”).

Owens, David, Rocky Hill Man Sues Hartford Police Over Access at Crime Scenes, Hartford Courant, August 11, 2015 at  ("A Rocky Hill man and his business, American News and Information Services, have sued the Hartford police department in federal court, alleging officers have impeded his ability to collect news, threatened him with arrest and violated his Constitutional rights. Ed Peruta's lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Peruta by Torrington attorney Rachel Baird, for whom Peruta works as a legal investigator. It seeks money damages and, among other things, an order that police not cordon off crime scenes to prevent press coverage, and that Hartford police not threaten, intimidate or discourage people from recording police doing their jobs.”).

Kate Krueger, Talking Guns Radio, March 23, 2014 at (“Talking Guns Radio and Kate Krueger will be joined Sunday 3/23/2014 by a group of great Americans and patriots starting with Sheriff Richard Mack former Graham County Sheriff and speaker,  Shane Krauser radio show host and founder American Academy for Constitutional Education (AAFCE), Ed Peruta of Connecticut Gun Rights , Rachel M. Baird, CT Attorney , Rich Burgess, Pres. Connecticut Carry Inc. and Alan Korwin  author and speaker. This is stacked up to be a very powerful show.”).

Luo, Michael and McIntire, Mike, When the Right to Bear Arms Includes the Mentally Ill, New York Times, December 21, 2013 at  ("Gun rights advocates worry that seizure laws will ensnare law-abiding citizens who pose not threat. In Connecticut, with its imminent-risk standard for seizure, the law sometimes 'reaches pretty normal people,' said Rachel Baird, a lawyer who has sued police departments over gun make comments all the time when they’re angry or frustrated — 'I’m going to come down there, and it won’t be pretty’ — but if you say that and you own a firearm, it immediately takes on a context that it otherwise wouldn’t,' said Ms. Baird, a former prosecutor."

Matthew Kauffman, Gun Board Member Charts Own Path, Hartford Courant, June 23, 2013 at  (“[Doe’s] attorney at the hearing was Rachel M. Baird of Torrington, a prominent firearms-rights lawyer in the state.")

Matthew Kauffman and Dave Altimari, Hundreds Gain Gun Permits Despite Police Rejection, Hartford Courant, June 23, 2012 at ,0, (“Rachel Baird, a lawyer who frequently represents clients with cases before the board, said that situation is appropriate because applicants have no formal opportunity to make their case to the local officials.”)

David Owens, Lawsuit Seeks to End $50 Fee for Gun Permits, Hartford Courant, June 10, 2013 at

Eric Parker,  Local police depts. want more say with issuing permits, WFSB Channel 3, April 29, 2013 at

Jay Stapleton, Lawyers Have Little Success Fighting Gun Seizure Warrants, Connecticut Law Tribune, January 25, 2012 at ?id=120&Lawyers_Have_Little_Success_Fighting_Gun_Seizure_Warrants_

Carole Bass, Speak Slowly for Yale Law Grads?, Yale Alumni Magazine, July 25, 2013 at

Karen Brainard, Freelance Journalist Refiles Suit Against Law Enforcement, Ramona Sentinal, April 26, 2013 at

Jessica Glenza, Torrington Attorney Asks Rockville Judge to Recuse Himself, Litchfield County Times, July 18, 2013 at