Amaris Elliott Engel

November 04, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Murtha Cullina has joined the blogging business. While the lawyer-turned-blogger trend has been going on for a while, the firm just started two firmwide blogs earlier this year.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

7 minute read

October 20, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The power of the internet is being harnessed to make it easier for low-income Connecticut residents to access legal advice, and to make it easier for pro bono attorneys to volunteer to help people who can't afford to pay for attorneys.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

12 minute read

October 07, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Sweeping changes have been made to Connecticut's power-of-attorney law, including making it harder for banks to upend the wishes of people who do estate planning by rejecting power-of-attorney forms.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

9 minute read

October 03, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

George Hastings is the kind of person who inspires others to be the best they can be because they don't want to let him down, people close to him say. So it is fitting that Robinson & Cole, the law firm from which Hastings retired over 21 years ago, has named a community service award after him.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

7 minute read

September 08, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

James Wade of Robinson & Cole has appeared before at least 300 judges and argued cases in every state courthouse in Connecticut.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

14 minute read

September 07, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

7 minute read

August 23, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

8 minute read

July 06, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The impact of vacant, foreclosed homes is affecting Connecticut. Two homeowners in Wyndham County have been living through the experience of having a foreclosed home in their neighborhood.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

9 minute read

June 14, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Superior Court judge said state law does not give state marshals the right to 'dispose of the personal property of the person subject to ejectment other than to store it in a designated facility.'

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

9 minute read

June 09, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Complaints about unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles leading to accidents have dogged the automaker for years, resulting in hundreds of millions in lawsuit payouts. But Toyota has not lost every skirmish in that long legal battle.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

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