Adventures In Court

11 True Stories Based On Fascinating Cases

Paul W Orth

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BookBaby
08 February 2024

Biography: general; Legal profession: general

After receiving an honorable discharge from the United States Army, Paul W. Orth went on to Hartford, CT to find employment in a law firm. He was soon hired by Hoppin, Carey & Powell, a medium-sized general practice firm. Four years later, he became a full partner and was responsible for the firm's court work. He had a variety of unusual civil and criminal cases over the following years, some by court appointment and many by private clients and charitable organizations. ""Adventures in Court"" follows the stories of Orth's law career specializing in appellate work. He has argued some three dozen cases before the state's Supreme Court and a dozen in federal courts of appeal. In 1976, he attained a personal goal of arguing a landmark case before the United States Supreme Court - and winning it. He was an adjunct professor of trusts and then of legal writing at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Around 1983, he was elected president of the Hartford County Bar Association, later received the Connecticut Bar Association's annual legal services award, and has been a fellow of the American Bar Association for over thirty years. In 1987, his firm merged with Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, where he specialized in

By: Paul W Orth
Imprint: BookBaby
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798350910056
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul W. Orth grew up in Harrisburg, PA and Northampton, MA. As a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, he went to Dartmouth College where he majored in economics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with magna cum laude. He went on to Harvard Law School and upon graduation was drafted into the United States Army, where he became a member of the counterintelligence corps and was assigned to Munich, Germany. In January 1956, he met his future wife at a Faschingsball in Munich's modern art museum, and they married a few months later. He received an honorable discharge and soon went to Hartford, CT to find employment in a law firm. He soon progressed to partner and argued over four dozen cases before appellate courts before becoming president of the Hartford County Bar Association and retiring in 2000.