Thomas B Scheffey

July 10, 2012 | Law.com

Former bankruptcy trustee Michael Daly was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and $15,000 in fines for admittedly stealing $11,100 from an open bankruptcy case.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

February 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

Two of Connecticut's largest firms have confirmed staff cutbacks in the face of a tightening economy, with the brunt falling on secretaries and other office workers. At Day Pitney, co-managing partner James Sicilian confirmed that 66 staff members firmwide were laid off Thursday. David Sturgess, at Updike Kelly, said his firm has laid off three secretaries and two first-year lawyers in the Hartford office. Sturgess noted that his firm's layoffs "were definitely not performance-related decisions."

By Thomas B. Scheffey

2 minute read

February 12, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In a last ditch effort to pull a family out of a tailspin of parental alienation caused in large part by the mother of two teenaged boys, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Elizabeth A. Bozzuto has taken the extreme step of awarding sole custody to their father.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

March 03, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The popularity of the late New Haven Superior Court Judge Frank J. Kinney won him a custom-tailored statute in the legislature when his widow claimed he was literally worked to death on the bench, suffering a heart attack in 1986.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

January 14, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Andrew J. McDonald, the former co-chair of the legislative Judiciary Committee, won that panel's overwhelming - but not unanimous - approval Monday to become a state Supreme Court justice. The lawyer-dominated committee voted 40-2 to send the nomination of McDonald, who is currently chief counsel in the governor's office, to the full General Assembly.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

August 14, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In rejecting a bid by the conservative Family Institute of Connecticut to intervene against seven same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, the state Supreme Court last week overturned its prior holding on the right of third parties to enter into a pending litigation.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A one-car accident in which Michael A. Mazzuca hit a tree in a 30-foot-wide "clear zone" beside Interstate 84 six years ago is now the vehicle for an attack on the state highway defect statute's "sole proximate cause" requirement.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

October 27, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the three months since the Judicial Branch began providing foreclosure mediation services, 427 cases have been handled, of which 226 resulted in families being allowed to remain in their homes.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

January 01, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Many general counsel spend a career without experiencing the progress Thomas N. Tartaro has seen in just five years at Open Solutions Inc. in Glastonbury.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

3 minute read

January 30, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Proposals to revise Connecticut's rules on lawyer advertising for the first time in 30 years has become a rallying point for attorneys who resent competition from other states and other professions.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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