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I've known for years that United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny would not preside over cases of mine. And it hasn't bothered me one whit. I've not really been curious about the reasons, either. Gratitude was my only reaction: I'd rather sun bathe in a meat locker than try a case in his...

I sat up most of last night wrestling with the ghost of Gerry Spence. As usual, I figure he got the better of me. It bugs me.
"You know why you lost that case, Norm?" He approaches me warily, waiting for the trap to spring. My mind is a weapon. It often fires before I can stop it.
I sit...

The case of State v. Hayes has once again ground to a halt. A competency exam has been ordered. But Judge Jon Blue ordered an examination of the wrong party. The State of Connecticut should have been remanded to a forensic institution to see whether it is playing with a full deck. That's the party...

Mark Bennett has an interesting piece about the latest doings at the Trial Lawyer's College. It turns out that three female expatriates have started a program for women. The college is not happy about it. Question: If the college's program revolves around love, and that is the college's claim, who...

Word has it that no one was asked to leave the Trial Lawyers College. All left voluntarilty. I have been provided a copy of the following letter sent to all TLC board members by Fredilyn Sison. It suggests otherwise.

"To the TLC Board of Directors:
"Your president, Jude Basile, called...

The field for Attorney General of the State of Connecticut is wide open, and one of the best candidates is rumored to be playing Hamlet in Hartford. Is his race to be, or not to be? There really is no question about it: Ross Garber should run for Attorney General.
I've known Ross for almost 20...

The wonder of it is that anyone is willing to run for public office and serve. That’s my first reaction to the latest scandal to surface in Connecticut politics. I call it “Listgate” because the politician involved has a name that does not lend itself to a cognate jingle.
It...

I noticed that a colleague of mine here in Connecticut recently filed a couple of police misconduct claims arising under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. As practitioners in this field know, winning such claims is notoriously difficult. And large verdicts are even more rare..
So I was surprised when I...

The April edition of Mother Jones features a cover story entitled "Age of Treason". When I first started to read it, I was prepared to be alarmed. But by the time I finished reading it, I wondered whether I, too, am a candidate for treason.
A group called Oath Keepers is a new phenomenon in...

According to statistics from the federal Bureau of Justice, more than 100,000 prisoners are raped each year while in custody. The predators are, more often than not, prison guards. As many as 4.5 percent of all detainees complained of sexual harassment behind bars last year.
In 2003, Congress...