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.
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
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March 10, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Cassandra C's Lawyers Should Be Praised, Not CriticizedI think the Law Tribune Editorial Board got it exactly wrong when it took Cassandra C's lawyers Michael S. Taylor and James P. Sexton to task for taking to the Supreme Court the teenager's case in which she sought to be treated as if she were an adult and, thus, had the right to decline chemotherapy.
By Mark Dubois
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March 10, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Cassandra C's Lawyers Should Be Praised, Not CriticizedI think the Law Tribune Editorial Board got it exactly wrong when it took Cassandra C's lawyers Michael S. Taylor and James P. Sexton to task for taking to the Supreme Court the teenager's case in which she sought to be treated as if she were an adult and, thus, had the right to decline chemotherapy.
By Mark Dubois
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February 25, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Lawyers, Like Anglers, Must Find New NicheAs I write this, I am sitting in Provincetown. The sun has just come out after a hellacious 24-hour nor'easter, which dumped more snow here, where two inches is a huge storm, than I have often seen in Vermont, where they measure it in yards instead of inches.
By Mark Dubois
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February 25, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Lawyers, Like Anglers, Must Find New NicheAs I write this, I am sitting in Provincetown. The sun has just come out after a hellacious 24-hour nor'easter, which dumped more snow here, where two inches is a huge storm, than I have often seen in Vermont, where they measure it in yards instead of inches.
By Mark Dubois
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February 17, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Someday a Robot Might Write Your BriefsI read an interesting article the other day concerning a reporter's attempts to determine whether the person who had called him about some sort of a sales offer was a human or a computer.
By Mark Dubois
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February 17, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Someday a Robot Might Write Your BriefsI read an interesting article the other day concerning a reporter's attempts to determine whether the person who had called him about some sort of a sales offer was a human or a computer.
By Mark Dubois
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February 12, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Survey Reveals Mixed Feelings About Law Schools, Legal ProfessionHow do lawyers really feel about their profession?
By Mark Dubois
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February 12, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
Survey Reveals Mixed Feelings About Law Schools, Legal ProfessionHow do lawyers really feel about their profession?
By Mark Dubois
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February 09, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Mark Dubois: Survey Reveals Mixed Feelings About Law Schools, Legal ProfessionI came across a fascinating survey done by the Florida Bar the other day. That organization, like its counterpart in Connecticut, has a number of committees exploring such issues as the effects of technology on the practice, whether law schools need to be changed, and whether different approaches to bar admission and legal service delivery should be considered.
By Mark Dubois
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