Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Jul 12
The Rules of Professional Conduct and C.G.S. § 1-2z
By Attorneys Wesley W. Horton and Brendon P. Levesque July 12, 2021 In its wisdom the Connecticut legislature in § 1-2z decreed that if a...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi, Partner and Jennifer Nye
- Aug 18, 2020
APPELLATE RULE CHANGES
As the annotators to the Practice Book, we would like to share the most recently adopted revisions to the Rules of Appellate Procedure,...
Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Jun 12, 2020
Suspension re: Supreme & Appellate Court Filings Lifted
By order of the Chief Justice on June 10, 2020, the suspension of all Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court filings was lifted. The...
By Wesley W. Horton
- May 12, 2020
Top 10 Supreme Court Decisions of 2019
“Top” is a word of some ambiguity. One definition is the size of the newspaper headline the day after the decision came out. On that...
By Wesley W. Horton
- Feb 12, 2020
Unpleasant Surprise in the Law Journal
The February 11, 2020 Connecticut Law Journal has an unpleasant surprise for appellate practitioners: an amendment to § 63-4 effective,...
By Wesley W. Horton
- Jun 25, 2019
Who Wrote the Opinion?
Ten years ago I wrote an article ranking the justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court who had sat in the 1980s and 1990s from 1 to 16. I...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi
- Mar 27, 2019
Connecticut Supreme Court Adopts New Policy for Amicus Briefs
In March 2019, the Connecticut Supreme Court announced a new policy regarding the solicitation of amicus briefs. Previously, the Court...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi, Partner
- Dec 11, 2018
Amendments to Connecticut’s Appellate Rules for 2019
Each year the justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Appellate Court make amendments to Connecticut’s Rules of Appellate...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi, Partner
- May 22, 2018
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Why Is Subject Matter Jurisdiction So Hard?
Maybe it’s family cases. Or maybe it’s because the view on the difference between subject matter jurisdiction and the court’s authority...
Brendon P. Levesque
- Apr 27, 2017
Disciplinary Counsel v. Elder, (SC 19698)
I am frequently asked whether there is a statute of limitations applicable to grievances. My response has always been, “yes, but it has...