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August 27, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Unfunded Retirement Plans An Ongoing Problem

During the past year, we witnessed a marked increase in the number of law firms, both large and small, which are finding that their existing unfunded retirement plans are becoming significant, disruptive forces. The underlying problem created by these plans is that they result in current income being diverted to former partners, thereby reducing the compensation of the remaining active partners.
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January 23, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Men Are From Mars; Female Judges Are From Pennsylvania

The new year has brought Deborah Kunselman to the Common Pleas Court bench in Beaver, Pa. She is the first woman to serve as a judge in Beaver County in 205 years. That's a long time to go without a woman. I remember complaining in high school that I hadn't dated a woman in 205 years, but I was just kidding. Sort of.
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April 11, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Dark Hours Of Soul-Searching

Anson Buck Clinton, the father of the victim in lawyer Beth Ann Carpen-ter`s murder-for-hire trial, had a cordial smile for defense lawyer Hugh F. Keefe as the case went to the jury last week.
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October 18, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Case Of The Week: Inmate Challenges Death Sentence In Light Of Repeal

Summary: A man on death row for kidnapping and killing a bank executive in 1989 is challenging his death sentence in light of the state's repeal of the death penalty last year. The death penalty repeal only applies to cases going forward, not convictions that already occurred.
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September 06, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Legal Services Under the Axe Again

After listening to hours of pleading testimony, state legislators last week restored a large chuck of federal funding for Connecticut`s legal services organizations that would have severely impacted their ability to help litigants unable to afford legal counsel.
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December 28, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

An Attorney Who Is All Business

As long as his friends have known him, attorney Ted Phillips been a volunteer of spectacular scope. "He's probably done as much pro bono work as he's done regular work," said Todd Postler, owner of the Wireless Zone stores in Norwich and Lisbon, and incoming chairman of the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce.
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July 18, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Opinion: Business Ideas For Double-Dipping Attorneys

I am seeing double. Last week's Law Tribune profiled two enterprising members of the bar who have incorporated a second business into their law practice; one has opened a law firm/barbershop, the other has started a New Age gift shop in the building that houses her firm.
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April 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Skakel Slams Sherman In Murder Case Appeal

Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel launched a barrage of criticism Thursday against the attorney who represented him at his murder trial, Mickey Sherman.
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March 05, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Tree Fall On Your House? Call The Hotline

First it was Hurricane Irene in late August, followed by the fluke October snowstorm that downed even more trees and power lines and left hundreds of thousands of people in the dark across the state. It was a nightmare for insurance claim adjusters and policyholders alike. A lawyer specializing in insurance recovery, Charles T. Lee, managing shareholder of Anderson Kill Olick P.C.'s Stamford office, and his colleagues in that area of law received a plethora of insurance-related questions after the storms.
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September 08, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Tax Bill Slashed For Old Bank Buildings

bBurritt Real Estate LLC v. New Britain/b: On July 7, 1997, long after a real estate and banking shakeout that caused Burritt Savings Bank to be sold by federal authorities, the two New Britain buildings that served as the bank's headquarters sold for $111,000.
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