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July 03, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyer Schooled On Conflicts Of Interest

Most lawyers know they can`t represent someone and sue them at the same time. - And, now attorney Donald W. McGill, of Waterbury`s McGill & McGill, knows it too, having been reprimanded by the Statewide Grievance Committee recently for commencing an eviction action against a woman who was also his client in a personal-injury case.
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October 08, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Gun Permit Delays Intolerable

There has been a spike in state residents enrolling in gun safety classes, a prerequisite for a permit. According to a recent federal action, they can expect to have their constitutional rights trammeled by the state. Assigned to U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant, the complaint alleges a pattern of abuses by Connecticut State Police officials bent on frustrating citizens' rights.
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April 09, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Grad Gets Schooled

Two years after graduating law school, Derby resident Mel Thompson still can't gain permission to sit for the Connecticut bar exam.
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May 15, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Troubled System Gains New Advocate

As Connecticut's first Chief Child Protection Attorney, Carolyn Signorelli has found that starting a new state agency from scratch provides plenty of problem-solving. That, however, is what she enjoys most in a job.
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July 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Construction And Energy Law

Read on for the Law Trib's Construction and Energy Law package. You'll find articles on liability insurance for contractors and owners/developers as well as on the development of solar thermal hot water systems in Connecticut.
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September 19, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Economic Meltdown Meant Change For Many Firms

You've probably heard this elsewhere: It's been five years since the Wall Street meltdown of 2008. The anniversary has led to analysis of a whole range of economic issues. So it seems only fair to check in and see how the business climate for Connecticut lawyers and firms has been altered over that past five fateful years.
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December 15, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Toast To The Truth About Prohibition

This month marks the 75ht anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, which makes it a good time to raise a glass to New Britain Superior Court Judge Henry Cohn.
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July 04, 2013 | Law.com

Judge Rules That 'Unscrupulous' Lawyer Must Pay For Ripping Off Friends

Attorney Lawrence Mulligan and his wife were like family to Bruce and Pamela Jalbert of Southbury. The couples traveled together, dined together and often socialized at each other's homes. So it was no surprise that Larry Mulligan would handle the Jalberts' legal matters.
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June 04, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Summer Associates Look To Strike A Balance

Sherilyn Scully hears students at Quinnipiac University School of Law discussing topics she never broached as a law school student in the mid-1980s. "Work-life balance" is a phrase that never worked its way into the on-campus discourse back then, she said mdash; if the term even existed at all.
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March 22, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

From The Basement To Beyond International Borders

W. Cameron Beard, now an international commercial law litigator in New York, remembers quite well the launch of the Journal of International Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law 25 years ago. Although he won't admit it, some say it was his brainchild. "It was sort of a natural occurrence," recalled Beard. "The law school just moved from West Hartford to the new campus. The whole student body was just excited about the move. A second [law] journal seemed like something the school needed."
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