(a) Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct. A grievance panel may, on its own motion, initiate and file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct. A complaint against an attorney shall be filed with the State-Wide Bar Counsel. Within five working days of the receipt of a complaint the State-Wide Bar Counsel shall:
(1) Forward the complaint to the appropriate grievance panel as determined under rules of court; and
(2) Notify the complainant and the respondent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the panel to which the complaint was forwarded. The notification to the respondent shall be accompanied by a copy of the complaint.
(b) The respondent shall have the right to respond within ten days of receipt of notification to the grievance panel to which the complaint has been referred.
(c) The State-Wide Bar Counsel shall keep a record of all complaints filed with him. The complainant and the respondent shall notify the State-Wide Bar Counsel of any change of address or telephone number during the pendency of the proceedings on the complaint.
(d) If for good cause shown, a grievance panel declines, or is unable pursuant to sections 51-90 to 51-91b, inclusive, to investigate a complaint referred to the panel, such panel shall forthwith return the complaint to the State-Wide Bar Counsel to be referred by him immediately to another panel. The State-Wide Bar Counsel shall give notice of such referral to the complainant and the respondent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 6, 15; 86-403, S. 105, 132; P.A. 88-152, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 86-403 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting proviso that grievance panel shall not be deemed “complainant”; P.A. 88-152 amended Subsec. (a) to require action by the state-wide bar counsel within five “working” days, rather than five days, of the receipt of a complaint.
Cited. 215 C. 162. Plaintiff could not directly present attorney to Superior Court for discipline. Id., 469. Cited. Id., 517; 216 C. 228; 227 C. 802; Id., 829; 234 C. 539; 240 C. 671.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265; 46 CA 450. Because the legislature did not establish any time constraint on the filing of a grievance complaint with the defendant, the period of limitation imposed by the rules of practice does not act as a subject matter jurisdictional bar. 198 CA 233.
Cited. 44 CS 348.
Subsec. (a):
Court has jurisdiction over allegations of professional misconduct by a practicing attorney even during a period of disbarment. 282 C. 1.
Notes of Decisions
Statewide Grievance Comm. v. Burton, 871 A.2d 380 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 6× “General Statutes § 51-90e provides in relevant part: "(a) Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct .”
Monroe v. Horwitch, 576 A.2d 1280 (Conn. 1990).
· cites it 5× “2 On October 30,1989, after oral argument, the court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff did not have standing and had failed to follow the grievance procedure as set forth in General Statutes § 51-90e. 3 The plaintiff has now *472…”
Field v. Kearns, 682 A.2d 148 (Conn. App. Ct. 1996).
· cites it 4× “In a grievance proceeding, following the filing of a complaint against an attorney with the statewide bar counsel and its referral to a local panel, the grievance panel must follow the procedures set forth in General Statutes § 51-90e et seq. and Practice Book § 27F et seq.”
Weiss v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 633 A.2d 282 (Conn. 1993).
· cites it 3× “to 1987) § 51-90e (a) (1) and Practice Book § 27F (a) (l), 4 *807 the statewide grievance committee referred the complaint to the grievance panel (panel) for the StamfordNorwalk judicial district.”
Statewide Grievance Comm. v. Burton, 917 A.2d 966 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 51-90e (a) provides in relevant part: “Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct.”
D'Attilo v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 188 A.3d 727 (Conn. 2018).
· cites it 2× “Should proceedings be conducted, § 51-90g(b) and General Statutes § 51-90h expressly define the role of the complainant in those grievance proceedings.”
Statewide Grievance Comm. v. Whitney, 633 A.2d 296 (Conn. 1993).
· cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 51-90e provides in relevant part: “(a) Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct.”
Johnson v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 726 A.2d 1154 (Conn. 1999).
· cites it 2× “These grounds are enumerated in Practice Book § 2-32 (a) (2) as follows: “(A) [T]he complaint only alleges a fee dispute and not a clearly excessive or improper fee; “(B) the complaint does not contain a claim of misconduct; *98 “(C) the complaint does not contain sufficient…”
Peck v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 198 Conn. App. 233 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
· cites it 2× “4 In particular, General Statutes § 51-90e provides: ‘‘(a) Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney misconduct.”
Daniels v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 804 A.2d 1027 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
· cites it 2× “In accordance with Practice Book § 2-29 (a) and General Statutes § 51-90e, the defendant referred the complaint to the local grievance panel in the judicial district of New Haven.”
Sobocinski v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 576 A.2d 532 (Conn. 1990).
· cites it 2× “On May 16,1988, pursuant to General Statutes § 51-90e,* ** 4 the plaintiffs complaint was'^ref erred to the grievance panel for the Fairfield judicial district.”
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