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January 04, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Richard Meehan`s Mission Impossible

Can a family business beat the federal government? Already, a year before trial, the situation looks bleak for Attorney Richard T. Meehan Jr.
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June 30, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Phony Letter Jeopardizes Lawyer's Future

It started as a political story. Attorney Maureen Duggan was working for a state agency boss who, she claims, pressured her to go out for drinks with him, who worked fewer than 40 hours a week, and who played fast and loose with administrative rules in his position of power.
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June 06, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Pro-Immigration Measures Help Create Jobs

With an impressive history of great economic and societal benefits to the U.S. through the lawful employment of foreign employees, is the U.S. finally ready to more deeply tap into this source of economic vitality?
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July 23, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Despite Demand, Court Reporters In Short Supply

Ambitious court reporters in Connecticut, says John C. Brandon of Brandon Smith Reporting Service, can expect to make six-figure earnings within three years of being certified.
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September 28, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Out-Of-State Judges Have Their Own Style

Lawyers ought to be required to ride circuit, to travel to different regions of the country and appear in courts and before judges they do not know. The forms of justice aren't rigid and ossified. Justice, if that is what we truly do in a courtroom, comes in many forms. There just isn't only one way of doing things.
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October 19, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Private Judges, Private Justice

As Law Tribune columnist Dan Krisch and others have noted, we seem to be in the midst of an interesting shift where many of the "go to" judges of the Superior Court, judges that many lawyers sought out and trusted to resolve their clients' most serious disputes, are retiring and setting up shop at large law firms. While this is great for them, I am not sure it bodes well for our court system and the perception of equal access to justice.
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October 08, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

'Bloodied And Scarred'

The scar across the top of Paul F. Thomas's head is located such that he can't see it when he looks in the mirror. Not that he needs to be reminded of the surgery that left metal sutures "like a railroad track" embedded in his head, he said.
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March 28, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In Transition

Rachel Goldberg was working as an attorney for the City of Stamford when she finally got up the courage to share the decision that had tormented her to the point of trying to take her own life. Known as "Bruce" at the time, she was worried how then-Mayor Dannel Malloy would react when he learned she planned to become the woman she always felt she was.
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April 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Circuit Says John Williams' Work 'Falls Below Minimum Standards'

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals had harsh words for John Williams, saying they did not find his actions surprising, "given his history of lawyering that falls below minimum standards before this Court and the district courts."
9 minute read
September 17, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Paul Hastings To Move Out Of Stamford Entirely

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker is moving its remaining Stamford workforce to Manhattan. David E. Snediker, who helped found the Stamford office in 1983 and serves as its managing partner, said late Wednesday the transfers are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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