Letters to the Editor

Let Local Commissions Fight Overdevelopment

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Monday, December 10, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

emTo The Editor:/em In emPansy Road v. Fairfield/em, our Supreme Court held that a local planning commission may not take into account the effects of off site traffic when deciding a subdivision application. em Pansy Road/em may be the law, but it is bad land use planning.

Leave Zoning Statutes Alone

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Monday, December 3, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

iTo The Editor:/i I am writing in response to the comments of the Advisory Board (Nov. 19) regarding the Supreme Court decision in Pansy Road LLC v. Town Plan Zoning Commission of the Town of Fairfield. As trial and appellate counsel for the plaintiff, I offer a different perspective with regard to the decision of the court.

CCLU's Motives Misunderstood

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Monday, November 26, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

bTo The Editor:/b As the author of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union's (now ACLU of Connecticut) iamicus curiae/i brief in the Nina Wu case, I respectfully but vigorously deny iLaw Tribune/i columnist Karen Lee Torre's recent insinuation that the CCLU refused direct representation of Wu because her speech seemed homophobic. (See "The ACLU's Wrong Left Turn, Nov. 5, 2007, page 27.)

Column Was Unfair Attack On Family Bar

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Monday, October 8, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

bTo the editor:/b I read with great interest Norm Pattis's Sept. 24 column ("Parents At The Mercy Of For-Profit Overlords") regarding what he described as the "largely lawless" family court and how that court is, according to Mr. Pattis, either unable or unwilling to do much about it. Although Mr. Pattis is clearly an extremely bright and articulate attorney, and his columns are sometimes thought-provoking and interesting, he has clearly, in my opinion, missed the point in this instance.

Letter to the Editor: Yale Alum Responds

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Monday, October 1, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

bTo The Editor:/bRegarding [the Associated Press] article on the decision by Yale Law School to now permit military recruiters access to its students ("Yale Opens Campus To Military," Sept. 24, page 13) and Karen Lee Torre's commentary ("Yale Elite Meet Military Defeat," page 27), I would add this paraphrase of an observation by Gen. William Butler, often, but apparently not accurately, attributed to Thucydides: "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."

Letter To The Editor: Certification Will Help Fend Off Nonlawyers

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Monday, September 24, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

bTo The Editor:/b In its attempt to convince us that certification for residential real property practitioners should be stopped, the Aug. 13th Advice of Counsel column ("Certification Bid Must End") perpetuates a number of old misunderstandings about the program and creates a few new ones.

Certification Can Only Enhance Bar's Image

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Monday, September 3, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

emTo the Editor:/em

Zarella Deserves Praise

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Monday, August 20, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

I wholeheartedly agree that the efforts of the Criminal Justice Commission in achieving greater diversity must be gauged upon the number of minorities hired in recent years.

Trustee System Isn't Fair

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Monday, August 13, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

As a plaintiff suing a trustee attorney appointed under Section 2-64 of the Connecticut Practice Book, I read Douglas Malan's article "All Work And No Pay" in the Law Tribune's July 30, 2007, issue with great interest.

Good Cause For Alarm

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Monday, August 13, 2007 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Columnist Robert Byron's piece on what he called a fearful small-minded Middletown (CLT, July 9, 2007, page 22) was I think unfortunate, insensitive, and symptomatic of that arrogant disease called my cause is so just that any means employed to advance it is okay.