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description: About the Author Andy Thibault is a columnist for Law Tribune Newspapers and co-author ofseveral business books. Thibault also has wide-ranging experience in publicservice and has worked as an investigator for law firms in Connecticut, NewYork, California and Washington, D.C. He has lectured on media relations for business and political groups inthe United States and internationally. He teaches courses in journalism atthe University of Hartford and communications at IMPAC University in PuntaGorda, Fla. Thibault's work as an investigative reporter and feature writer hasdrawn critical acclaim and earned numerous state and national awards. Ajudge from the Society of Professional Journalists writing competition saidthis about Thibault's probe of the cover-up of a hit-and-run death in aConnecticut city: "The writer explores whether New London's former mayorbenefited from a widespread cover-up for the 1973 hit-and-run death of acollege student. Witty, compelling -- the writer has a knack for speakingin conversational tone, all the while quietly weaving in crucial facts tosupport his arguments that more people should be outraged by the shoddycircumstances surrounding the 1973 investigation." Thibault also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Education inLitchfield, Ct., as a Fellow of the Yankee Institute for Public PolicyStudies, and as a member of the Advisory Board for Western ConnecticutState University at Waterbury. He is a former commissioner and hearingofficer for the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission, an agencycharged with opening access to government records. He manages a non-profit foundation that awards $19,000 annually to youngwriters in Connecticut. The Trust, funded by IMPAC and the ConnecticutState University System, is now in its fifth year of operation. He isEditor of APS Publications, the publishing arm of the Association forProductivity Specialists, and President-elect of the Litchfield-MorrisRotary Club. With corporate trainer Charles Johnson, Thibault has developed a seriesof books, including The 12-Minute MBA For Doctors, Michelle Publishing,2001; The 12-Minute MBA For Lawyers, American Lawyer Media, 2002; and theforthcoming Pangea Process. The books offer business models that haveresulted in prosperity and employee satisfaction for thousands of readersand clients.  "Thibault has the unique ability to get inside the heads of those mostaffected by and those who have the greatest effect on the operation of thelaw in the real world," said Hartford, Ct., Attorney and Government AffairsConsultant Jay B. Levin. "Whether it's the litigant, the investigator, thelawyer or the judge, he can elicit the impact on them (as well as on theultimate result) better than anyone I've ever known." Thibault has been an editor for newspapers including The CommercialRecord, The Hartford Courant, the Stamford Advocate and The Times Leader ofWilkes- Barre, Pa. His profiles of subjects including poets andprosecutors, as well as essays on the arts, have appeared in magazinesincluding Connecticut Magazine and Northeast Magazine. His work has alsoappeared on Page Six of the New York Post. He is a former board member ofthe Connecticut Commission on the Arts. A licensed professional boxingjudge, Thibault is also former Chairman of the Connecticut Boxing PromotionCommission. He attended Boston University, majoring in Political Science.  He co-authored and edited a series on the court system's handling of ajuvenile sexual assault case in 1982 and 1983 that led to changes inConnecticut law regarding the status of juveniles in adult court. Theseries won first place prizes from the National Newspaper Association forinvestigative reporting, the New England Press Association for CommunityService and the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists for newswriting. Thibault has reported on police brutality in Hartford, the Russian Mobin Brooklyn and the pipe bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Healso covered the Independent Counsel investigation into the finances of thelate U.S. Commerce Secretary, Ron Brown, and the Young &amp; Rubicam "Come BackTo Jamaica" kickback scandal. He is a member of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, theSociety of Professional Journalists and the Society of American BusinessEditors and Writers. Thibault and his wife, Lora, an insurance company executive, are theparents of four children.
language: English
title: Law and Justice in Everyday Life: Featuring the Cool Justice Columns of Law Tribune Newspapers
titlecomplete: Law and Justice in Everyday Life: Featuring the Cool Justice Columns of Law Tribune Newspapers
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publisher: TNT PUBLISHING