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 18, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Opinion: Listen To The BellsMaybe what we need to do is institute the liturgy of the hours in our courthouses. If we stopped every few hours and took a brief moment to think about things greater than our present troubles, we might all be better for it.
By Mark Dubois
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March 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
A Blizzard Of New KnowledgeNow that the aftermath of the recent snowstorm has settled down, I thought I would record the important things I learned from the news and weather folks on TV.
By Mark Dubois
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June 15, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Dewey Know Partnership Law?In the wake of the Dewey & LeBoeuf implosion and bankruptcy, a lot of law firms and their lawyers are becoming sensitized to a whole body of law surrounding partnerships and the fiduciary duties of members of firms when they choose to leave with their clients.
By Mark Dubois
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July 18, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Bending The Rules To Get ResultsWell, I guess that one more commentator on the Casey Anthony drama will neither make nor break the public's understanding of the case, but one thing about the trial did stick out for me and I think it is worth commenting on. That was the trial tactics of Jose Baez, the once laughed at and now suddenly credible defense attorney.
By MARK DUBOIS
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March 29, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Opinion: Coming To Grips With PlagiarismThe bottom line is that in this area, as with so much of what we do, technology is reshaping and refashioning what it means to be a lawyer and how we define the delivery of legal services.
By Mark Dubois
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June 27, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune
What Little Difference A Millenium MakesI was looking for something to read on the ferry to Boston the other day when I happened upon a book which I first read 20 years ago, The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee. Judge Dee was a provincial magistrate in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
By Mark Dubois
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May 10, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Opinion: CLE And MeI have to admit that I like learning. For me, learning means both teaching and being taught.
By Mark Dubois
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July 26, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal
Phishing for Phun and ProphitYes, even lawyers fall for scams sometimes. But if they are lucky, maybe, just maybe, their malpractice insurance carrier will cover the loss.
By Mark Dubois
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March 22, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Opinion: Time To Bury MCLEFriends, I come to bury MCLE, not to praise it. The evil that failed proposals do lives on long after the good is interred with their bones. So let it be with MCLE.
By Mark Dubois
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August 16, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Opinion: BACK TO SCHOOL Vol 1Ordinarily, we would think that an attorney-client relationship is a contract, and that is true to some extent, but a real problem for lawyers continues to be the fact that a legally cognizable relationship can begin when a client reasonably believes that a lawyer has agreed (either affirmatively or by inaction) to help them.
By Mark Dubois
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