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.
December 29, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 Testimony Provides Fresh Fact Patterns for an Ethics Course"I'm fucked. I just lied." The setup: a young aide to important political figure is subpoenaed to testify before the January 6th Committee.…
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
November 21, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
This is a Teachable Moment, But Pattis Suspension is UnwarrantedThe sum of the case is that these highly sensitive records were sent to two lawyers who might not have had to right to see them; one who had applied to represent Jones here but never did, and one who was representing other plaintiffs against Jones.
By Mark Dubois
7 minute read
October 25, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Alex Jones Verdict is a Welcome One, But Is it Correct?The case avoided a necessary examination of the nature and scope of permissible public speech in an age when all of us are publishers.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
September 20, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Summer Reflections Amid the Season of ChangeThe most frequent question I get these days is "what have you been up to?" I don't know whether that's related to my somewhat peripatetic career…
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
September 01, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Preventing Painful Losses From Criminal Scams: Complacency Precedes DisasterIncreasingly sophisticated criminals, who understand exactly how work flow and process occurs in law offices, can inflict exponential harm.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
July 15, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Recent SCOTUS Decisions Appear Light on Historical AnalysisAn inability or unwillingness to do thorough historical analysis may open the nation's highest court to ridicule for being misinformed, or serve as a ruse to allow the court to pick and choose justifications for majority decisions.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
June 29, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
If a Bee Can Be a Fish, Can an Elephant Be Human?The Nonhuman Rights Project has not yet been able to convince courts to extend the protection the law provides animals from paternalistic anti-cruelty statutes and regulations to legal rights protectable by judicial remedy such as habeas corpus.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
June 01, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Who Needs Fiction When Reality is This Absurd?This Google case reminded me of Stevens v. City of Louisville, a case from a few years back where a man was riding a pony with a feather pillow instead of a saddle.
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
May 17, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Amid the Cruelest Months, More Lawyers Are Feeling Supported by Their FirmsIt seems that while we continue to pretend that we're all knights on white horses, immune to pain and free of doubt, many of us are willing to admit that we struggle, as do lesser mortals.
By Mark Dubois
4 minute read
April 25, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Four Solutions to the Problem of Access to Justice in ConnecticutAs people of limited means continue to move away from using lawyers who will carry their water in our justice system?
By Mark Dubois
5 minute read
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