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

A Divided Court? It's Been A Lot Worse

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am shaking my head at the ahistorical myopia of opinion polls. A recent survey found that only 44 percent of Americans approve of job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, down from 60 percent for most of the past 30 years.

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Bigotry Still A Barrier To Same-Sex Marriage

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Monday, June 11, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am reminded of how frustrating it can be to await the arrival of an idea whose time needs to come. Last week, the First Circuit declared part of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional on equal protection grounds because DOMA denies married same-sex couples federal benefits available to married heterosexual couples.

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A Gracious Man, Prodding Teacher And Brilliant Judge

Monday, May 21, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am driven to tears. Last week the Connecticut Bar Foundation bestowed its Distinguished Service Award on one of my role models, U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz, and the memory of its bestowing is painfully bittersweet. As most of you know, the cruel vagaries of fate have stricken Judge Kravitz with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and his condition is, to paraphrase Don John, a circumstance fit to breed sadness without limit. But rather than curse the darkness, I want to light a candle in honor of a great judge, lawyer and human being.

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Cross Words For Lawyers Who Mangle The Language

Monday, January 30, 2012 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am cringing in the back row of a Hartford courtroom as yet another fellow attorney mangles English into legalese. This particular attorney's sin is his constant use of the word "indicate," oblivious to context, or to the accuracy of using it. In his world, apparently, people never say anything; cases never state anything; and opposing counsel never told him anything - they all indicate, indiscriminately. And so I wonder, why do so many J.D.'s desperately need a course in ESL?

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Why All The Fuss About Kelo?

Monday, December 12, 2011 | by Dan Krisch | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am reliving my 15 minutes of fame in a state of mild confusion. The Kelo case is back in the news (quite prominently in this publication), and the principal occasion for its return to the public eye is an apology supposedly given to Ms. Kelo by one of the members of the Connecticut Supreme Court majority.