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If the thought of your child becoming a lawyer doesn't send chills down your spine, then you may agree with me that this is actually a pretty good idea.

In her Fall newsletter, the presiding Judge of Hartford's Community Court leaves no doubt as to her views on underage drinking: "it's a crime." As we head in to the last few weeks of the holiday season in earnest, many temptations will arise to let your kids have a drink under certain social ...

Howard Belkin, a fairly recent appointee to the Connecticut Worker's Compensation Commission, lost his battle with stomach cancer this month and went on to that place where all of us lawyers eventually go. Commissioner Belkin was one of the funniest men I have ever met. He was never at a loss fo...

Here it is, December 15th and I now hold in my hot little hands the Nintendo Wii, a device I swore I would never own. I was worn down, I tell ya. Worn down. I was worn down by my three kids, all of who listed this ubiquitous piece of white plastic as item number one on their Christmas lists to...

I have decided to heed the advice of many of my friends in the legal world and begin the "great blawg experiment." Things may be a bit rough and tumble in the early going, but by and large I am fairly computer literate and hope to get with the flow fairly quickly. I plan to blog on all manner of ...