Dan Krisch

Daniel Krisch is a partner at Halloran & Sage LLP in Hartford, where his practice focuses on appellate and civil litigation. His e-mail address is krisch@halloran-sage.com and you can learn more about him at www.halloran-sage.com.

Dan K.'s Inferno

Opinion: Compromising Values In The Name Of Convenience

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Thursday, May 2, 2013 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Last week, President Barack Obama renewed his 2009 pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and the U.S. Supreme Court held, in Boyer v. Louisiana, that the delay caused by the failure to fund counsel for an indigent death penalty defendant for five years did not violate his right to a speedy trial.

Dan K.'s Inferno

Opinion: Ruling Raises Stakes In NCAA Lawsuit

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am watching with a mixture of delight and uncertainty as the NCAA gets taken to school.

Dan K.'s Inferno

Speak Up, Write Concisely And Remember Roots

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Friday, January 25, 2013 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am offering some unsolicited advice. As I write this column, Andrew McDonald has just been confirmed by the legislature to be the newest Justice of our Supreme Court. And so, bearing in mind singer-satirist Tom Lehrer's acerbic comment that modern philosophers mostly enjoy giving advice to people happier than they are, allow me to offer three thoughts about how Justice McDonald can live up to the deserved praise that accompanied his nomination.

Dan K.'s Inferno

In Memoriam

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Friday, December 21, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am at a loss for words.

Dan K.'s Inferno

Time Is On The State's Side

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Friday, November 16, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am regretting that I didn't study Latin in high school. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in State v. Lombardo Bros. Mason Contractors Inc., et al., 307 Conn. 106 (2012). Lombardo concerned a suit by the state, brought long after the statute of limitations had run, to recover the $15 million that the state spent fixing the shamefully shoddy construction of the University of Connecticut School of Law library. Even though the state was inexplicably late to the dance, the Court allowed its suit to proceed under the doctrine of nullum tempus occruitt regi ? which, near as I can figure, means "the State owns a time machine".

Dan K.'s Inferno

Making History, 140 Characters At A Time

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Friday, October 12, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am retweeting (and hoping for the rare sequel that is as good as the original):

Dan K.'s Inferno

Judges Jump Ship In Growing Numbers

Friday, September 28, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am worrying over the recent, trickling exodus from the bench to the bar. In recent months came news that three more of Connecticut's best judges ? Judge Robert Holzberg, Judge Jonathan Silbert and retiring Supreme Court Justice Ian McLachlan ? have decided to depart for the greener pastures of private practice.

Dan K.'s Inferno

No Playing Chicken With The First Amendment

  •      
    • Subscription Required
Friday, August 3, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am appreciating anew the value of a very thick skin in a democracy. A national furor erupted last month over Chick-Fil-A's public stance against same-sex marriage and Boston Mayor Tom Menino's letter and speech in response "unwelcoming" a Chick-Fil-A franchise to his city. This extra-crispy brouhaha is merely the latest reminder of a truth as old as our country itself: The price of free speech is that we must put up with opinions that we find repugnant.