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Attorney Das is a partner at Rome McGuigan, P.C. and handles appeals in all areas of the law including criminal, civil, contract, and family law cases. He joined Rome McGuigan in June 2007 after serving as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Appellate Bureau of the Chief State's Attorney's Office from 2002-07 and as an adjunct instructor on appellate advocacy at the Univesity of Connecticut School of Law from 2005-07. Attorney Das has briefed and argued over forty appeals in the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts and has published several articles on developing trends in the law.
About Proloy Das
Admitted: 2001, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: www.rms-law.com/bio.asp?key=72
Honors and Awards: 40 Under Forty, Hartford Business Journal (August 2007), New Leaders of the Law: Development of the Law Award, Connecticut Law Tribune (November 2005)
Bar/Professional Activity: CBA/YLS Appellate Practice committee co-chair (2004-06). Created CBA/YLS "Distinguished Speaker Series" by organizing luncheon with U. S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (April 2006)., CBA/YLS Chair-Elect (2008-present), Treasurer (2007-08), Secretary (2006-07), Oliver Ellsworth Chapter of Inns of Court, CBA Appellate Advocacy Committee
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: 2009 Forecast: Lab Reports, Car Searches, and Prosecutorial Conduct - State, Federal Courts to Decide Key Criminal Law Cases, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2009, Connecticut Supreme Court Year in Review: Putting Restraints on Kidnapping Prosuctions, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2008, Connecticut Supreme Court Year in Review: Grappling with Novel Prosecutions, Connecticut law Tribune, 2007, Connecticut Supreme Court Year in Review - Skakel: Crown Jewel of Criminal Jurisprudence, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2006, "Note: Offensive Protection: The Potential Application of Intellectual Property Law to Scripted-Sports Plays," 75 Indiana Law Journal 1073 (2000), Author, 2000
Verdicts and Settlements: Vermont Mutual v. Walukiewicz, S.C. 18061 (successfully argued as a matter of first impression in Connecticut that self-defense is not excluded from coverage by intentional act exclusions in personal liability insurance policies), 2009, In re Judicial Inquiry No. 2005-02, S.C. 18069 (jursidiction of Appellate Court over grand jury panel decision regarding sealing of record) (oral argument expected February 2009), 2009, Perricone v. Perricone, S.C. 27683 (whether a prior restraint order based on an invalid confidentiality agreement is unconstitutional; whether a merger clause in a sepration agreement prohibits enforcement of a prior agreement) (argued January 2009, decision pending), 2009, State v. Jackson, 283 Conn 111 (2007) (successfully argued for adoption of new reasonable doubt instruction) (ranked number one in Connecticut Law Tribune's list of 25 most important Supreme Court cases of 2007), 2007, State v. Singleton, 274 Conn. 426 (2005) (successfully argued for adoption of novel doctrine of vacatur in the public interest), 2005, Other cases: State v. Preston, 286 Conn. 367 (2008) (probation revocation); State v. Kelly, 106 Conn. App. 414 (2008) (prosecutorial impropriety); Grant v. Commissioner of Correction, 103 Conn. App. 366 (2007) (habeas corpus); State v. Jose G., 102 Conn. App. 748 (2007) (adequacy of record); State v. Moore, 97 Conn. App. 243 (2007) (failure to appear); State v. Jones, 99 Conn.App. 196 (2007) (drug possession); State v. D'Haity, 99 Conn.App. 375 (2007) (sexual assault);State v. Smith, 280 Conn. 285 (2006) (rape-shield law); State v. Jackson, 93 Conn. App. 671 (2006) (reasonable doubt instruction); State v. Gumbs, 94 Conn. App. 747 (2006) (probation revocation); State v. Sewell, 95 Conn. App. 815 (2006) (late disclosure of witnesses); Hollby v. Commissioner of Correction, 98 Conn. App. 751 (2006) (habeas corpus); Cole v. Commissioner of Correction, 96 Conn. App. 852 (2006) (habeus corpus); State v. Francis, 90 Conn. App. 676 (2005) (drug posession); State v. Monk, 88 Conn. App. 543 (2005) (competency); State v. Marshall, 87 Conn. App. 592 (2005) (prior misconduct); Dontigney v. Commissioner of Correction, 87 Conn. App. 681 (2005) (habeas corpus); State v. Sanders, 86 Conn. App. 757 (2005) (drug possession); Daniel H. v. Commissioner of Correction, 89 Conn. App. 904 (2005) (habeas corpus); State v. Smith, 85 Conn. App. 96 (2004) (sexual assault); Daniels v. Commissioner of Correction, 86 Conn. App. 62 (2004) (habeas corpus); State v. Smith, 83 Conn. App. 411 (2004) (waiver of jury trial); State v. Jarrett, 82 Conn. App. 489 (2004) (prosecutorial misconduct); State v. Izzo, 82 Conn. App. 285 (2004) (evidentiary issues); State v. Bookless, 82 Conn. App. 216 (2004) (probable cause hearing); State v. Vlahos, 81 Conn. App. 904 (2004) (driving while suspended); State v. McKiernan, 78 Conn. App. 182 (2003) (disorderly conduct); State v. Bothwell, 78 Conn. App. 64 (2003) (DUI); State v. Harvey, 77 Conn. App. 225 (2003) (sexual assault); Bruno v. Commissioner of Correction, 74 Conn. App. 910 (2003) (habeas corpus); Dash v. Commissioner of Correction, 74 Conn. App. 909 (2003) (habeas corpus); State v. Santiago, 74 Conn. App. 736 (2003) (assault).
Educational Background: Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 2000, Boston College, A.B. (Economics and Policital Science), 1997
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