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Dan K.'s Inferno

Opinion: Compromising Values In The Name Of Convenience

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.

Guest Commentary

Opinion: Pardons Should Be Used To Stop Deportations

Friday, April 26, 2013  |  by Stacy Caplow  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Recently President Obama made news when he granted pardons to 17 people, all of whom had committed nonviolent offenses, most of them years, if not decades, in the past. Few of these fortunate individuals had even served time in prison for their crimes.

Legal Ease

Opinion: Why I Do What I Do

Friday, April 26, 2013  |  by Amy Goodusky  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

I was reminded today of why I write this column. As you have doubtless read in endless variation, I do it not to make you laugh, but to lighten up my own miserable existence. The practice of law is summarily cheerless

Ethics Matters

Opinion: One Client Or Two?

Friday, April 26, 2013  |  by Mark Dubois  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

A friend who works in-house at a large property/casualty carrier called me about an interesting question?his employers wanted him to take a position in a matter which he thought might be adverse to his client, the employer's insured.

One Hand Clapping

Opinion: Maybe The Skakel Jury Got It Wrong

Friday, April 26, 2013  |  by Norm Pattis  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Trial is an imperfect vehicle for finding the truth. We all know that. Why don't we permit defendants to ask for a new trial when they believe juries make factual mistakes?

Opinion: No Good Rationale For Alimony

Monday, April 22, 2013 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

In the words of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Connecticut, the alimony statute "neither defines 'alimony' nor restricts the scope of the award." A former president of the Connecticut Bar Association said last week that she and three other top Connecticut lawyers could not "figure out what [the alimony statute] means."

Opinion: The Sleeping Giant Awakens

Monday, April 22, 2013 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Mediation in corporate America has been seeking a way to break through for many years.

Guest Commentary

Opinion: Finding New Solutions To Help Crime Victims

Friday, April 19, 2013  |  by Michelle Cruz  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

In the summer of 2001, I began my law career studying for the bar exam and training for the fall's New York City Marathon ? my stress reliever. Then 9/11 changed everything.

One Hand Clapping

Opinion: Second Circuit Judges Take Unfair Potshot At John Williams

Friday, April 19, 2013  |  by Norm Pattis  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

I fail to see why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit went out of its way to tomahawk attorney John R. Williams. But there it is in cold print: An unsolicited attack on a barrister whose been a role model and inspiration to a couple of generations of lawyers.

Ethics Matters

Opinion: Listen To The Bells

Thursday, April 18, 2013  |  by Mark Dubois  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Maybe what we need to do is institute the liturgy of the hours in our courthouses. If we stopped every few hours and took a brief moment to think about things greater than our present troubles, we might all be better for it.