About
Michael R. Kerin
Michael R. Kerin received his law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law, Summa Cum Laude, after receiving his M.A. in English from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, his M.F.A. in creative writing from American University, in Washington, D.C. and his B.A. in English from Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Really Dad?
Mike Kerin is a lawyer in Milford, and his daughter, Michaela, is a student at The University Of Miami. In their column, this father and daughter bicker and banter about boys, curfews, homework, stress at school, dress codes, and a host of other issues that represent the jagged edges of adolescence which they must navigate every day, sometimes with humor, sometimes with sarcasm, always with love.
Really letting go
Michaela My brother is currently spending a semester abroad in Vienna, Austria. Before leaving he offered the idea of my visiting him alone. When I proposed this to my parents, their eyes filled with hope and adoration at the thought of a culturally engaging and...
Planning for spontaneity
Michaela In my 17 years I have noted that people tend to believe that spontaneity is a favorable attribute, something to seek in a friend or spouse. In reality, it is an atrocious character flaw. I simply cannot wrap my head around why this trait would be alluring to...
Looking at Colleges
Michaela If you are like most of my friends, you had your first, second, and third dream colleges, along with safeties, memorized since you were a freshman. However if you’re like me, when someone asked where you were looking, you spontaneously chose names that rolled...
Really Dad TV
Michael For the first seven or eight years of Michaela’s life, we did not subscribe to cable, and the only entertainment we played on our 12 inch television screen consisted of Blockbuster videos and the occasional recorded VCR tapes of American Idol that Lisa’s mom...
Land of the Free
Michaela When I walked into school the morning after Donald Trump was announced the President-elect, it was for lack of better words, a crap show. After wading through the hallways of quicksand that seemed to weigh down my peers, I entered the classroom of one of my...
While Mom Was Away
Michael My wife, Lisa, had to go out of town on short notice a couple of weeks ago. It was just Mick and me for seven days. I felt a niggling doubt that I hadn’t experienced since we left the hospital 16 years ago with our baby girl when I wondered: “Now what do I...
The CBA’s Workers’ Compensation Certification Program
demonstrated that no less than twenty-five percent of their total practice has been in the area of workers’ compensation law;
engaged in the practice of law in Connecticut for at least 5 years and been a member in good standing of each bar in which the attorney is admitted;
maintained a malpractice policy with minimum limits of $300,000 per occurrence;
have a satisfactory disciplinary and malpractice history;
participated in a minimum of thirty-six hours of continuing legal education activities in the area of workers’ compensation law in the three years prior to filing the application;
have a minimum of five references from other attorneys knowledgeable regarding the applicant’s practice and competence; and
have passed a one-day written examination.
