Michael Marciano

October 05, 2017 | Law.com

   Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated two new justices to the Connecticut Supreme Court this week — appellate judges Maria Araujo…

By Michael Marciano | Connecticut Law Tribune |

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October 05, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We commend Connecticut's Attorney General George Jepsen for swiftly joining a lawsuit to help Dreamers.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

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October 05, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years. Each time there is a mass killing by gunmen in civilian settings,…

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

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October 05, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The risk of informal legal advice is that it generally is not subject to the conflict check procedures applied by many law firms. Yet conflict of interest claims can come from many sources, and not just where the attorney ignored the rules when representing a client during the course of a traditional attorney-client relationship.

By Michael Marciano | Connecticut Law Tribune |

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October 02, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Law Tribune's annual Professional Excellence legal awards are rightly a source of pride—and even bragging rights—for attorneys and organizations across the state, but the annual ritual of nominating, selecting and presenting awards to honorees is actually a fun learning process for the Law Tribune staff—a chance to check the pulse of the Connecticut legal community.

By Michael Marciano

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September 29, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's legal community has been eager to assist fellow Americans in Puerto Rico who have experienced a humanitarian crisis since Hurricane Maria hit the island Sept. 20.

By Michael Marciano | Connecticut Law Tribune |

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September 29, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's legal community has been eager to assist fellow Americans in Puerto Rico who have experienced a humanitarian crisis since Hurricane Maria hit the island Sept. 20.

By By Michael Marciano

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September 14, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A 1940s Connecticut "Crime of the Century" courtroom drama, written by Connecticut attorney Michael Koskoff and exploring the rich personality of a young Thurgood Marshall, hits big screens nationwide next month.

By MICHAEL MARCIANO

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September 07, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney General George Jepsen announced Wednesday that Connecticut is joining 14 other states and the District of Columbia in suing to invalidate President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to prohibit information gathered through the program to be used for immigration enforcement.

By Michael Marciano, Josefa Velasquez and B. Colby Hamilton

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August 26, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Law Tribune is pleased to announce the winners of Distinguished Leader honors in the publication's annual Professional Excellence Awards. The following attorneys were nominated by their peers and selected by a panel to be this year's honorees, who will be celebrated at the annual Connecticut Legal Awards Dinner Oct. 3 at the Bond Room in Hartford:

By MICHAEL MARCIANO

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