Sec. 51-90b. Grievance panels. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
Sec. 51-90b. Grievance panels. Appointment, qualifications and terms of
members. (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint one or more grievance
panels in each judicial district, each consisting of two members of the bar who do not
maintain an office for the practice of law in such judicial district and one nonattorney
who resides in such judicial district, and shall designate as an alternate member a member
of the bar who does not maintain an office for the practice of law in such judicial district.
(b) Of the members first appointed, one member shall serve for a term of one year,
one member shall serve for a term of two years, and one member and the alternate
member shall serve for a term of three years. Thereafter, all members shall serve for a
term of three years commencing July first. Any vacancy in the membership of a panel
shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court which shall appoint an
attorney-at-law or nonattorney, depending on the position vacated, in accordance with
the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for the unexpired portion of the term.
(c) An attorney who maintains an office for the practice of law in the same judicial
district as a respondent may not participate as a member of a grievance panel concerning
a complaint against that respondent.
(P.A. 85-456, S. 3, 11; P.A. 86-276, S. 3, 15.)
History: P.A. 85-456 effective July 1, 1986; P.A. 86-276 entirely replaced prior provisions re the appointment by the
state-wide grievance committee of a 24-member board with provisions re the appointment by the judges of grievance
panels and the qualifications and terms of the members of such panels.
Sec. 51-90 et seq. cited. 215 C. 162. Cited. Id., 469. Cited. 216 C. 228. Cited. 234 C. 539. Cited. 235 C. 693. Cited.
239 C. 449.
Sec. 51-90 et seq. cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671. Sec. 51-90 et seq. cited. 46 CA 450.