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Has your heart been broken or seriously injured because of someone’s negligent, reckless or intentional conduct? At the Maddox Law Firm, we know how that feels. We’ve had our hearts broken. We know the pain and anguish of unrequited love and love stories that have...

This may hurt your feelings, but it’s important that we’re honest with each other. Insurance companies don’t care about you. They don’t care about your serious Connecticut car accident or the physical and emotional pain that you’ve endured. They DO care when you...

C.S. Lewis wrote about our soul-level instinct for fairness in his work, “Mere Christianity”.  That definitive element of our conscience, according to Mr. Lewis, proved the existence of God. All of us, from an extraordinarily early age, somehow understand when we are...

At the Maddox Law Firm,  we are constantly involved, in one way or another, with preparing for deposition or trial testimony. After attending an expert’s deposition last week, I was jarred into thinking again, (and again), about how to help people to testify...

I saw Gary* for the first time in many years last week.  He actually said “Hey Matt” and reached out to shake my hand as he was being arraigned next to a public defender. It disturbed me to see Gary there. I met him approximately twenty-three years ago.  He was still...

This Saturday, July 15th, at the New Canaan Sidewalk Sale and Village Fair, The Maddox Law Firm will become CSI New Canaan! Look for the Maddox Team Tent right in front of our offices at 125 Elm Street in New Canaan, starting at 9:00 AM. Get finger printed, step up...

I do love apple pie.  Homemade apple pie with vanilla ice cream. That warm crust and cinnamon and the superbly cold ice cream all mixed together in one enormous bite.  Followed by, really, only a few more enormous bites until it’s gone and I mourn in a horribly...

I’m writing this two days after the diverse group of Maryland jurors who were asked to decide the Bill Cosby Case decided that they couldn’t decide. They were a hung jury. I followed the Cosby case pretty closely.  The complex combination of a sexual...

You reserved your seat months in advance for a very important trip.  It’s vital that you reach your destination as planned. You’re at the gate and suddenly YOUR LAW FIRM announces over a public address system that there are too many clients ticketed for the trip.  The...

If your trial lawyer were a musician, could he win a Grammy?  How about a Grammy nomination?  Would there at least be a kind word from one of the presenters? I watched a recorded 60 Minutes piece last night about Beyoncé, Adele and Bruno Mars.  Whether you’re a fan of...