Eric Gaynor of Orange Connecticut (CT) attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating with a B.A. degree in Political Science in 1984. He then attended the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating in 1987 with a Juris Doctor (JD) degree.

Eric Gaynor practiced law with Brown, Paindiris & Zarella for five years in Hartford, Connecticut and then moved to Harlow, Adams & Friedman, P.C. in Milford, Connecticut where he practiced for twelve years. Subsequently in 2008 Eric Gaynor opened his own office in New Haven, Connecticut where he successfully practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, landlord/tenant law, condominium law and collections.