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for greater ‘safety’ and those who Management. He is the author of
purport to defend ‘freedom,’” said many books, including the New
Jennifer Gerarda Brown, dean of York Times best-seller, “Super
Quinnipiac’s School of Law. “This Crunchers.” He is a contributor to
symposium shows us that this The symposium, Forbes, the public radio program
dichotomy is a false one, as it ex- Marketplace, and the New York
amines policy changes that can cosponsored by the Times.
promote both safety and freedom. Quinnipiac Law Review,
I look forward to the discussion.” will be centered on the Vars is the Ira Drayton Pruitt
new book, “Weapon of Sr. Professor of Law at the Uni-
The symposium, cosponsored versity of Alabama, where he
by the Quinnipiac Law Review, Choice: Fighting Gun specializes in mental health law.
will be centered on the new book, Violence While Respecting He works with numerous suicide-
Gun Rights,” by Ian Ayres

“Weapon of Choice: Fighting Gun and Fredrick Vars. prevention organizations and is a

Violence While Respecting Gun member of the American Bar As-
Rights,” by Ian Ayres and Fredrick sociation Standing Committee on
Vars. The authors will introduce Gun Violence.
the panelists and present closing ¦

remarks. There will be time reserved for questions Michael Marciano is bureau chief of the Con-
and answers. necticut Law Tribune. He can be reached at
Ayres is the William K. Townsend Professor at [email protected] or call 646-957-3022. On
Yale Law School and a professor in Yale’s School of Twitter: @BreakingCTLaw

Meet Judge Cesar Noble, Who Fled a
Dictator and Rose to the American Bench

By Robert Storace

Cesar Noble was a toddler when his family left “They lost the property they owned, their busi-
Cuba in March 1960—14 months after Fidel nesses and their bank accounts,” he said.
Castro took power of his homeland. Appreciative of his new homeland, Noble said he
Noble, who would later become a Connecticut at- knew as a teenager in Ridgefield there was only one
torney and Superior Court judge, has no memory thing he wanted to do when he got older.
of life in Cuba, but said his family’s experience there “I always wanted to be a lawyer. I was impressed
played a pivotal role in who he is today. by the rule of law here, and how different it was from
“Having been told stories of how people lost ev- my family’s experiences back in Cuba,” said Noble,
erything at the whim of Castro’s dictatorship, which who noted he’ll only visit his native country when
was Communist Cuba, and even how things were all the Castros are gone from power. There are two
under President [Fulgencio] Batista before him, remaining, he said. “One role I have is to make sure
made me appreciate democracy and the rule of law the law is done correctly, so people have confidence
we have here in the United States,” the 62-year-old when they have their disputes resolved.”
jurist said. Noble is also active outside the bench. He partici-
Noble said his extended family in his native coun- pates in “Read Across America,” which encourages
try “lost everything” after Castro came to power.
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