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attacked by politicians with chaos doing criminal law and antitrust
in the streets and a failing econ- and trade regulation. He has been
omy. There is a lot there that is doing legal and contract work
relevant to today.” The eight-part series is set for the entertainment industry
to debut July 1 on Amazon for decades. His media clients in
The show’s stars, he said, in- Connecticut have included The
clude Brett Cullen, who was in the Prime Direct and Tubi. Connecticut Post, the Hartford
hit movie “Joker”; Michael Rabe, Each episode runs between

of “Homeland” fame; and veteran 50 minutes and an hour. Courant. Cablevision News 12,

character actor Lance Henriksen. Connecticut magazine and the
Up next, Neigher said, are four state’s ABC and NBC affiliates. ¦
more seasons of “Big Dogs,” of
which he’d like to be a part. The next season, if all Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
goes well, will have 10 episodes, he said. analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
Neigher is a graduate of Colby College and Bos- him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
ton College Law School. He began his legal career 203-437-5950.

Hartford State’s Attorney Suspended
In Wake of Police-Involved Shootings

By Robert Storace
Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Commission
voted unanimously Thursday to suspend
Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy for four
days without pay over her handling of four police-
involved shootings, the commission chairman said.
Hardy will be suspended Friday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Associate Supreme Court Justice
Andrew McDonald, also the chairman of the com-
mission, said. She will return to her post on June
25. She will appear before the commission June 26
for her reappointment hearing. Hardy’s eight-year
terms expires at the end of this month, McDonald
said.
Hardy was suspended for her role in failing to re-
port the findings of four police-involved shootings
in a timely manner.
The state’s NBC affiliate quoted McDonald as
saying during the meeting Thursday morning that Hardy did not respond to a request for comment
there was a “serious dereliction in duty for her in- Thursday afternoon. She was one of several candi-
excusable delay in submitting these reports.” The dates for the position of chief state’s attorney earlier
shootings occurred between 2008 and 2012, the this year. That job went to Richard Colangelo Jr.,
outlet reported.
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