Louise T. Truax - Southport, CT

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1993
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1984
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Lax and Truax, LLC, Partner, 1998 - 2017
• Berkowitz & Balbirer, Associate, 1993 - 1998

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Professionals and attorneys on high conflict custody cases and the refuse resist dynamic. Presentations for Henry County Family Court, Ohio; Minnesota Annual AFCC Conference; Kane and DuPage County Bar Associations, Illinois; and Quinnipiac University Center on Dispute Resolution, C
  
• “Recent Developments in Family Law”, Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1997 – 2011, 2016 and 2018, 2019 to 2022; Connecticut Bar Association Family Law Section monthly meetings, 1997 – 2011;
  
• “Recent Developments in Family Law”, Fairfield County Bar Association, 1998 – present;
  
• “Business Valuations”, Connecticut Bar Association, November, 2003 and May, 2005;
  
• “Trading Spaces”, Connecticut Bar Association, 2005;
  
• “Civil Unions, Making and Breaking Them”, Connecticut Bar Association 2005.
  
• Rhode Island Family Court/Rhode Island Inns of Court, Seminar on Comparative Cross-Examination of a Psychologist Child Custody Evaluator, Warick, Rhode Island, May 2010.
  
• 2007 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, How to Navigate the Landmines of Motion Practice.
  
• 2010 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, How to Keep Up With and Effective Use Case Law.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/ Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Interviewing Children”, Philadelphia, PA., September 2011.
  
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts – Connecticut Chapter, “Business Valuations in Divorce”, October, 2012.
  
• 2012 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Advanced Custody Seminar – Alienation.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Court Involved Therapists”, Washington, D.C., September 2013.
  
• 2014 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Admitting Electronic Evidence.
  
• 2015 Connecticut Bar Association, Annual Meeting, “Custody 911: Handling Emergencies from Start to Finish,” June, 2015.
  
• 2016 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Double Dips – Property vs. Cash Flow Issues, Normalizing Compensation and Dealing with Modifications.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Will the Bough Break? Legal and Mental Health Interventions for Children Who Resist or Refuse a Relationship with a Parent.”, San Diego, CA, September 2017.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Resisting Contact: Why and How Children Resist Contact with a Parent.”, San Diego, CA, September 2017.
  
• 2018 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter; Psychological & Custody Evaluations in Family Matters.
  
• 2018 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Webinar, “I Won’t Go and You Can’t Make Me”: Children Resisting/Refusing Contact with a Parent in High Conflict Custody Cases.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “The Voice of the Child: Obtaining and Presenting Reliable Information from Children.”, San Diego, CA, September 2019.
  
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 58th Annual Conference, “Zealous Advocacy and Creating the Appropriate Team in Resist-Refuse Cases: Can it be Done?”, June 2021.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Refuse/Resist Cases: Getting the Mental Health and Legal Communities to Speak the Same Language.”, Washington, D.C., September 2021.
  
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Wisconsin Chapter, “Parent-Child Contact Problems: What to Do When a Child Resists or Rejects a Parent,” September, 2021.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Developmentally Appropriate Parenting Plans: Stepping it up when there are Allegations of IPV”, Washington, D.C., September 2023.
  
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Preconference Institute “Thinking about Stress, Trauma and Resilience in Children of Divorce: What can you do?”, Washington, D.C., September 2023.

Representative Cases

• M. v. R.M., 219 Conn. App. 57 (2023)
• In re: Zakai F., 336. Conn. 272 (2020) – Amicus Brief
• Boisvert v. Gavis, 332 Conn. 115 (2019) – Amicus Brief
• In re: Zakai F., 185 Conn. App. 752 (2018) – Amicus Brief
• McKeon v. Lennon, 321 Conn. 323 (2016) – Amicus Brief
• DeNunzio v. DeNunzio, 320 Conn. 178 (2016)
• Perry v. Perry, 156 Conn. App. 587 (2015)
• Dan v. Dan, 315 Conn. 1 (2014) – Amicus Brief
• DeNunzio v. DeNunzio, 151 Conn. App. 403 (2014)
• Pryor v. Pryor, 140 Conn. App. 64 (2013)
• Morgan v. Morgan, 136 Conn. App. 371 (2012)
• Budrawich v. Budrawich, 132 Conn. App. 291 (2011)
• Perry v. Perry, 130 Conn. App. 720 (2011)
• Collins v. Collins, 117 Conn. App. 380 (2009)
• Mann v. Miller, 93 Conn. App. 809 (2006)
• Arena v. Arena, 92 Conn. App. 463 (2005)
• Richards v. Richards, 78 Conn. App. 734 (2003)

Published Works

Articles

• General Editor of LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law, initially published in April 2013 and updated annually;
  
• Author of three chapters in LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law, initially published in April 2013 and updated annually;
  
• “Recent Appellate and Supreme Court Developments”, Connecticut Family Lawyer, Fall 2013.
  
• “Postnuptial Agreements in Light of Bedrick v. Bedrick”, Connecticut Family Lawyer, Summer 2013.
  
• “Superior Court Highlights,” Connecticut Family Lawyer, Vol. 9, pg. 41, Vol. 10, pg. 47, Vol. 12, pg. 6, Vol. 12, pg. 13;
  
• “Deposition Strategies,” Family Advocate, Vol. 19, pg. 24;
• Contributor: “Law of the Fifty States,” Family Law Quarterly, 1997 – 2011;

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1993

Other Affiliations

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2005 - Present (Fellow)
• American Bar Associations, 1993 - Present (Member, Family Law Section)
• Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1993 - Present (Member)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2012 - Present (Member)