About Our Section

The purpose of the Solo and Small Firm Section shall be to provide a forum for solo and small firm practitioners to develop relationships, exchange ideas, offer guidance, and learn about current technologies, office management practices, business development strategies, and the business of the practice of law, all of which are critical to the practice of law in a solo and small firm setting, utilizing publications, meetings, seminars, committees and other suitable media for this end, thereby promoting the objectives and goals of the Connecticut Bar Association.


Section Executive Committee

Chair
Michael Blake

Law Offices Of Michael A Blake LLC
95 High Street
Milford, CT 06460-4752
(203)876-5081
mblake@blake-ip.com

Vice-Chair
Jake Dunigan
Dunigan Law
PO Box 8
Mystic, CT 06355
jd@jdlawct.com

Secretary
Megan Wade

Connecticut Appellate Law Firm
PO Box 72
Eastford, CT 06242
(860)222-2550
mwade@ctalf.com

Treasurer
Jerome Goldstein

Jerome N. Goldstein Esq
4 Research Drive, Ste 402
Shelton, Ct 06484
(203)929-7773
jerry@goldsteinlawct.com

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Upcoming Events

  • Sep 23
    Navigating the AI Fraud Landscape: Financial Security Best Practices for Attorneys (EDU260923)
    Webinar - CLE Pass Eligible
    12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

    Artificial intelligence is transforming the way businesses operate—but it is also creating new opportunities for fraudsters. Attorneys are increasingly being targeted by sophisticated AI-enhanced scams, including deepfake audio and video impersonations, business email compromise, fraudulent wire transfer requests, and social engineering attacks designed to exploit trust and urgency.

  • Sep 25
    Avoiding Collisions at the Intersection of Workers’ Compensation and Employment Law (EWC260925)
    Hawthorne Inn
    2421 Berlin Tpk.
    Berlin
    United States
    9:00 AM to 4:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
    Agenda

    This seminar helps legal professionals in the worker’s compensation field navigate complex cross over issues. The day begins with a comprehensive fact pattern followed by a breakdown of overlapping rules from the ADA, FMLA, OSHA, ERISA and state-specific acts like the Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave (CTPFMLA) and CFEPA. Sessions also address transitional duty obligations and alternative return-to-work solutions, closing with an interactive panel review of the opening hypothetical.

  • Oct 08
    The Ethical Use of AI in the Law Firm (EDU261008B)
    CBA Law Center
    538 Preston Ave., 3rd Fl.
    Meriden
    United States
    6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

    Generative artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to daily reality in the practice of law—and the ethical exposure has moved with it. Connecticut attorneys are drafting with it, researching with it, and running their front offices on it, often without a clear sense of where the Rules of Professional Conduct draw the lines. This program closes that gap. In two hours, attendees will learn how Connecticut’s existing ethics framework—anchored by Rule 1.1 and its technology-competence comment—applies to generative AI, what ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires, and how the national wave of AI-sanctions cases (including a Connecticut matter) translates into concrete duties. The program is deliberately practical: every segment ties to a specific Rule, every risk is paired with a workflow that manages it, and attendees leave with a sample firm AI policy, a prefiling verification checklist, and a vendor-neutral field guide to the tools lawyers are using.

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