Mark Dubois
Mark Dubois is counsel with the New London firm of Geraghty & Bonnano. He was Connecticut’s first Chief Disciplinary Counsel from 2003 until 2001. In that position he established an office that investigated and prosecuted attorney misconduct and the unauthorized practice of law. He is co-author of Connecticut Legal Ethics and Malpractice, the first book devoted to the topic of attorney ethics in Connecticut. He is a weekly contributor to the Connecticut Law Tribune where he writes the Ethics Matters column. Attorney Dubois represents individuals accused of ethical misconduct and malpractice. He also serves as an expert witness on matters of ethics and malpractice. He teaches ethics at UConn Law School and has taught ethics as Quinnipiac University School of Law where he was Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in 2011. He has lectured in Connecticut and nationally on attorney ethics and has given or participated in over 75 presentations and symposia on attorney ethics and malpractice. He has also taught trial advocacy and legal research and writing. Attorney Dubois has been board certified in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification for over 20 years. He is presently president-elect of the Connecticut Bar Association and will be president in 2014. In addition to being an officer of the Bar Association, he is a member of the Professional Discipline, Unauthorized Practice, Pro Bono and Mentoring committees. He is a member of the New Britain, New London, and American Bar Associations as well as the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is the recipient of the Quintin Johnstone Service to the Profession Award in 2012 and the American Board of Trial Advocacy, Connecticut Chapter, Annual Award in 2007.
September 14, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Court Says Banking Officials Can't Regulate Debt Negotiation Law FirmsThe Connecticut Supreme Court just released an opinion in a case called Persels that goes a great ways towards filling the lacunae in definition of the practice of law jurisprudence. And, to boot, they pinned back the ears of the state Banking Commissioner in his efforts to regulate lawyers. Fun stuff. Here's the background.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
September 10, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Courts Would Do Well to Offer Definition of 'Legal Work'Federal court missed an opportunity to define what exactly "legal work" consists of.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
September 09, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Courts Would Do Well to Offer Definition of 'Legal Work'Federal court missed an opportunity to define what exactly "legal work" consists of.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
September 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Courts Would Do Well to Offer Definition of 'Legal Work'In what may be the hollowest victory since King Pyrrhus defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum during the Pyrrhic War, David Lola's case against Skadden Arps was recently given judicial CPR by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He will live to fight another day, though I suspect, as did King Pyrrhus, he will lose in the end.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
September 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Courts Would Do Well to Offer Definition of 'Legal Work'In what may be the hollowest victory since King Pyrrhus defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum during the Pyrrhic War, David Lola's case against Skadden Arps was recently given judicial CPR by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He will live to fight another day, though I suspect, as did King Pyrrhus, he will lose in the end.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
August 24, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Crowdfunding and Other Developments in Law Firm InvestmentThere has been an amazing confluence of events in the field of law firm financing in the last few weeks, and, for my money (no double entendre intended), what was already complicated and confusing may have become more so.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
August 24, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Crowdfunding and Other Developments in Law Firm InvestmentThere has been an amazing confluence of events in the field of law firm financing in the last few weeks, and, for my money (no double entendre intended), what was already complicated and confusing may have become more so.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
August 18, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Clients Can Reclaim Much of What's In Their FilesClients fire lawyers and vice versa. The rub comes when the former client wants the file and the lawyer won't give it up. Sometimes it relates to outstanding fees, other times, hurt feelings are at the core of the dispute. Sorting out who owns what can be tricky. A recent American Bar Association opinion tried to offer some guidance.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
August 18, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Clients Can Reclaim Much of What's In Their FilesClients fire lawyers and vice versa. The rub comes when the former client wants the file and the lawyer won't give it up. Sometimes it relates to outstanding fees, other times, hurt feelings are at the core of the dispute. Sorting out who owns what can be tricky. A recent American Bar Association opinion tried to offer some guidance.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
August 14, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Legal Profession Changing, But Glass May Be Half FullOne author predicts that the practice and the public are going to benefit from the present upheaval in the industry, as we reinvent the practice of law and the delivery of legal services.
By Mark Dubois
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