Mark Dubois

Mark Dubois, the former chief disciplinary counsel for Connecticut, is now an attorney at the New London firm of Geraghty & Bonnano.

Ethics Matters

Reflections On The Best Class Ever

Friday, September 21, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I was teaching ethics at UConn Law last Spring. One of the secrets of teaching is that your students will always find visitors much more credible than you. So we all bring in guest lecturers. It also saves on preparing teaching notes. But I had a class where the visitors truly did better than I could have ever done.

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The Unauthorized Practice Rogues' Gallery

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Friday, September 14, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Well, this year, as has happened for too many years to remember, the initiative to pass some harsher penalties into law concerning the unauthorized practice of law died at the legislature.

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No Free Lunch And Other Tips

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Monday, September 10, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I recently attended the American Bar Association Center on Professional Responsibility annual symposium in Boston. This gathering brings together an interesting mix of law professors, bar regulators and lawyers engaged in the business of legal ethics (defense/expert/consultant folks). There is a tremendous amount of talent roaming the hallways.

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An Uncertain Future For Legal Education

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Friday, August 31, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I was in Chicago for some bar business the other day when Tom Lyons, of Rhode Island, told me that he had just been appointed to an American Bar Association committee studying the future of legal education. Tom is half of the Fred Ury/Tom Lyons tag team that has been traveling the country telling lawyers how the profession is changing and urging bars to get ahead of the trends that threaten to reshape (demolish?) the practice of law as we know it.

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One Born Every Minute

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Monday, August 27, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I would have thought by now that every lawyer in the United States, if not every lawyer in the world, would be aware of the e-mail scams directed at the bar. But I recently read that some continue to fall for the legal version of the Nigerian Prince scam. Maybe we should send a notice about this with the annual bar registration or with the quarterly URL reporting notices, because this all would be really funny if so many lawyers were not getting badly burned.

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From Mogadishu To Meriden

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Monday, August 20, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I got an e-mail the other day from a Connecticut lawyer who is in a country in Africa. He and his partner are there working on a business plan to offer legal services to small business owners in both Africa and the United States who want to do business together. They may be onto something.

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Lawsuits For Sale

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Friday, August 10, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I visited an interesting booth at the Connecticut Bar Association convention recently. It belonged to a company called Law Cash. I got a bit misdirected at first, and wound up at some booth with a big jug of dollar bills, but they were selling title insurance or something. Law Cash was just down the aisle though.

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Driving Miss Mary

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Friday, August 3, 2012 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

One thing that keeps me busy now that I don't have to punch a clock at the Judicial Branch is taking care of my mother. It may be the hardest work I have ever done, but it is also the most rewarding. I was lucky that a good friend gave me some pointers when I began this process a few years ago dealing with my Dad, and in the spirit of "paying it forward," I thought I should share those with any of you who may be facing or approaching the prospect of dealing with an aging parent.