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Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Firm Brings Action Under Novel Police Accountability Act

"Mike [Alexander-Garcia] was surrendering to the police when he was shot," BBB Attorneys' Peter Bowman claimed. "He pleaded for his life to the officer and yet Officer [Andrew] Teeter still chose to shoot him five times."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Carter Mario Secures $300,000 Settlement Despite 'Slew of Prior Injuries'

"The biggest challenge was proving that the accident made her back injuries worse," Melissa Brescia said. "We were able to get the prior imaging reports and had those reviewed with the post-ones. Her doctor was able to find that there were some changes to her spine afterwards, and he related those changes to the accident."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Lamont Asked to Nominate Woman of Color to State Supreme Court

"It is a must that Gov. Lamont actually appoint somebody who can be historic in terms of the diversity that they add to the state Supreme Court," Alliance for Justice's Vasu Abhiraman said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiff Seeks Sanctions Against WWE Doctor

The plaintiff filed a motion to strike, and claimed the doctor's bill of discovery was "a desperate and brazen attempt to silence a former patient investigating wrongdoing to her medical care."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Sara O'Brien Rises to Connecticut Bar Leadership Role

"Being younger in the profession, it's nice to have people you're comfortable with to call for referrals or for unique questions in a different practice area," Sara O'Brien said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

100 Oral Arguments: Merger Creates Premier Appellate Practice

"We have a skill set that we can apply to an environmental case one day, a civil rights case the next day, a commercial case the day after that and a tax case the day after that," Brian Ginsberg said. "It's really a have-case, will-travel model, and I think that's what makes our respective appellate groups so dynamic now, and what will make Harris Beach Murtha Appellate Group a real force to be reckoned with."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet David M. Moore, Secretary of the Connecticut Bar Association

"It doesn't matter if you are a prosecutor or a defense attorney. It didn't matter if you were plaintiffs counselor or defense counsel," Moore said. "If you can tell a good story and back it up with facts, you are going to prevail."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

In a First-of-Its-Kind Decision, Divided CT Supreme Court Rules on Permanency Benefits

"The majority of the court, unfortunately, has now blended the standard for determining the maturing of permanency benefits into our well-established standard for the vesting of those benefits," Steven G. Howe, the plaintiff's attorney, said. "Those two concepts, as the dissent correctly points out, are separate and distinct, and they should not have been combined."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet Connecticut Bar Association Treasurer Sharad A. Samy

While Samy said he believes the government institutions and systems work, "they work best when we have citizenry that actually acts as citizens, and if we fail to act as citizens as individuals, no amount of great thinking in any of those institutions, the Constitution and our law is really going to function well. People have forgotten that they need to be citizens."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Law Firms Are Feuding Over Allegedly Stolen Clients and Work Processes

"[T]he Etemis categorically deny all allegations made against them," John Kanca, their lawyer, said. "The Etemis have full confidence in their defenses and their counterclaim allegations, and look forward to vigorously seeking justice in court by providing proof as to all of their allegations. The Etemis intend to advance this case by telling the truth and the full story of everything that happened leading to the Etemis departure from Trantolo & Trantolo, and thereafter."
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