Karen Lee Torre

Karen Lee Torre, a New Haven trial lawyer, litigates civil rights issues in the federal court. Her e-mail address is thimbleislands@att.net.

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A Futile Request For Class

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Friday, December 21, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I did not want to write about Newtown this week. But no other topic seems appropriate. Our state is in mourning. We are still in shock. We have neighbors struggling with unspeakable pain.

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Democrats Guilty Of Hypocrisy In Judicial Nominations

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Friday, December 14, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Political machinations surrounding nominations to the supreme courts of two states have been making headlines in the news and legal blogs, and they provide a valuable lesson for the non-lawyer public. In both cases, the controversies expose what all lawyers already know, but which only conservatives point out: the fraudulent nature of both liberals' "diversity" rhetoric and the so-called "Missouri Plan," the method of state judicial selection promoted by the left (with aid from such characters as George Soros).

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A Good Friday At Walmart

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Friday, November 30, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Union bureaucrats and leftist groups had targeted the chain for protests and picketing on the busiest shopping day of the year. But I had no desire to speak to, much less argue with, a leftist.

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The Elusive Pay Raise For Judges

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

You've got to hand it to Connecticut Chief Justice Chase Rogers. She has done her best on behalf of the state's judges to get their salaries increased. She's been talking about it and advocating for pay equity for several years.

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Lawyer Lashes Out After Loss

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Friday, November 16, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Antonio Ponvert's closing argument to a superior court jury made clear what he wanted out of his wrongful death suit against Bridgeport and a city police officer in connection with the fatal shooting of Frederick McAllister in 2008.

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A Committee That Really Works

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Monday, October 29, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Few lawyers and even fewer members of the public realize the valuable service being performed by the state's Committee on Judicial Ethics, one of Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers' best initiatives. The creation of such an apparatus was recommended to her by former state Supreme Court Justice Barry R. Schaller, who chairs the committee.

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Judges As Fund-Raising Tools

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Friday, October 19, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

In my Sept. 28 column ("Judicial Award Raises Ethical Issues"), I addressed the propriety of Superior Court Judge Lynda B. Munro's agreeing to accept an award from the Connecticut Women's Legal and Educational Fund and to appear as an honoree at its annual dinner, which took place on Oct. 2. After that, and on the eve of the event, Judge Munro notified CWEALF that she could not accept the award.

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The Honorable Mark R. Kravitz

Friday, October 5, 2012 | by Karen Lee Torre | The Connecticut Law Tribune

We've been robbed of a gem, by a disease as mysterious and elusive today as when it claimed the life of the sports legend whose name is synonymous with it. Like a thief, ALS took Judge Mark R. Kravitz. ALS is at once cruel and merciful ? cruel because it spares the mind while attacking everything else; merciful because, as Judge Kravitz said last year, there is no physical pain.