Conn. Practice Book § 2-35 (2026)

Sec. 2-35 of the decision. No request for review may be submitted following a decision approving a pro- posed disposition filed pursuant to Section 2-82 (b) or (g). Any request for review submitted under this section must specify the basis for the request including, but not limited to, a claim or claims that the reviewing committee’s findings, inferences, conclusions or decision is or are: (1) in violation of constitutional provisions, rules of practice or statutory provisions; (2) in excess of the authority of the reviewing committee; (3) made upon unlaw- ful procedure; (4) affected by other error of law; (5) clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or (6) arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exer- cise of discretion and the specific basis for such claim or claims. For grievance complaints filed on or after January 1, 2004, the respondent shall serve a copy of the request for review on disciplin- ary counsel in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17. Within fourteen days of the respondent’s submission of a request for review, disciplinary counsel may file a response. Disciplin- ary counsel shall serve a copy of the response on the respondent in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17. No reply to the response shall be allowed. (l) If, after its review of a complaint pursuant to this section that was forwarded to the Statewide Grievance Committee pursuant to Section 2-32 (i) (2), a reviewing committee agrees with a griev- ance panel’s determination that probable cause does not exist that the attorney is guilty of miscon- duct and there has been no finding of probable cause by the Statewide Grievance Committee or a reviewing committee, the reviewing committee shall have the authority to dismiss the complaint within the time period set forth in subsection (e) of this section without review by the Statewide Grievance Committee. The reviewing committee shall file its decision dismissing the complaint with the Statewide Grievance Committee along with the record of the matter and shall send a copy of the decision to the complainant, the respondent, and the grievance panel to which the complaint was assigned. (m) If the Statewide Grievance Committee does not assign a complaint to a reviewing committee, it shall have 120 days from the date the panel’s determination was filed with it to render a decision dismissing the complaint, imposing sanctions and conditions as authorized by Section 2-37 or direct- ing the disciplinary counsel to file a presentment against the respondent. In a decision of the State- wide Grievance Committee directing the disciplin- ary counsel to file a presentment against the 146 respondent, the Statewide Grievance Committee may direct that the presentment include additional findings of misconduct beyond those set forth in the probable cause finding and the additional alle- gations of misconduct if the findings are supported by the record. The decision shall be a matter of public record. The failure of a reviewing committee to complete its action on a complaint within the period of time provided in this section shall not be cause for dismissal of the complaint. If the Statewide Grievance Committee finds probable cause to believe that the respondent has violated the criminal law of this state, it shall report its findings to the chief state’s attorney. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 27J.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 24, 2002, to take effect July 1, 2003; May 14, 2003, effective date changed to Oct. 1, 2003; Sept. 30, 2003, effective date changed to Jan. 1, 2004; amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended June 29, 2007, to take effect Jan. 1, 2008; amended June 30, 2008, to take effect Jan. 1, 2009; amended June 15, 2012, to take effect Jan. 1, 2013; subsection (g) amended June 11, 2021, to take effect July 13, 2021; amended June 11, 2021, to take effect Jan. 1, 2022.)