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.
April 21, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
New Media, Old Lawyers—And a Bad Biking AccidentI had the recent pleasure of doing an in-service training for a state agency. When my daughter learned that I would be speaking on social media, she emailed me (because I don't tweet, snap, vine or text) and asked what I knew about this stuff that qualified me to be giving such a talk.
By Mark Dubois
7 minute read
April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Faux Lawyers Succeed Without Attending Law SchoolTeaching folks to "think like a lawyer" is not really all that necessary for their success as real, live lawyers. Apparently, a solid grasp of practice and procedure, a pleasant and effective personal manner, and good client skills will get you very far.
By By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Faux Lawyers Succeed Without Attending Law SchoolTeaching folks to "think like a lawyer" is not really all that necessary for their success as real, live lawyers. Apparently, a solid grasp of practice and procedure, a pleasant and effective personal manner, and good client skills will get you very far.
By By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 13, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Faux Lawyers Succeed Without Attending Law SchoolI just saw where another lawyers was discovered never having gone to law school. Seems Kimberly Kitchens of the Pennsylvania bar kind of forgot to go to law school, but managed nevertheless to parlay her decade spent as a paralegal into a job with a Huntingdon firm where she made partner after 10 years of good work on estate and probate matters.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 13, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Faux Lawyers Succeed Without Attending Law SchoolI just saw where another lawyers was discovered never having gone to law school. Seems Kimberly Kitchens of the Pennsylvania bar kind of forgot to go to law school, but managed nevertheless to parlay her decade spent as a paralegal into a job with a Huntingdon firm where she made partner after 10 years of good work on estate and probate matters.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: The Gradual Acceptance of the Virtual Law OfficeA few years ago, the American Bar Association ethics solons convened something called Ethics 20/20, which followed Ethics 2000 as an attempt to examine the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and determine whether circumstances might dictate the need for changes to the existing lawyer ethics regime or new rules to respond to new technologies or business methods.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: The Gradual Acceptance of the Virtual Law OfficeA few years ago, the American Bar Association ethics solons convened something called Ethics 20/20, which followed Ethics 2000 as an attempt to examine the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and determine whether circumstances might dictate the need for changes to the existing lawyer ethics regime or new rules to respond to new technologies or business methods.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
March 30, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Firms Run Afoul of Law When Employing ParalegalsI have previously written about the independent contractor trap in the context of lawyers employing associates as independent contractors instead of employees and the problems they have when these folks leave and file for unemployment benefits.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
March 30, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Firms Run Afoul of Law When Employing ParalegalsI have previously written about the independent contractor trap in the context of lawyers employing associates as independent contractors instead of employees and the problems they have when these folks leave and file for unemployment benefits.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
March 24, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: The Barely Authorized Practice of LawBack in my days of trying cases and teaching others how to do it, we had a requirement that if we could not articulate the entire case in a single sentence that our non-lawyer spouses would understand, we were not ready to go to trial.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
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