Case Title: In re Illuzzi

Citation: 164 Vt 623, 670 A.2d 1264

Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1995-12-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
In re Illuzzi (95-346); 164 Vt 623; 670 A.2d 1264

[Filed 6-Dec-1995]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 95-346



  In re Vincent Illuzzi, Esq.     }     APPEALED FROM:
                                  }
                                  }
                                  }     Professional Conduct Board
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                                  }
                                  }     DOCKET NO. 94.41


  Present:  Gibson, Dooley, Morse and Johnson, JJ.


	Respondent Vincent Illuzzi has moved to recuse the four undersigned
  members of this court from participating in the appeal of a Professional
  Conduct Board recommendation that he be disbarred.  His alleged grounds for
  recusal are that (1) we filed the complaint that ultimately led to the
  Board's recommendation, (2) we are the defendants in a civil law suit he
  filed in federal district court, (3) our impartiality in this matter has
  been questioned in several newspaper articles and editorials, and (4) we
  have had political disagreements with respondent in his capacity as a
  member of the Vermont Senate.

       Under normal circumstances, none of the stated grounds would warrant
  our recusal.  Contrary to respondent's claims, we did not direct bar
  counsel to file misconduct charges against him; rather, we merely asked the
  Board to determine whether respondent's unfounded complaints against a
  trial court judge violated the Code of Professional Responsibility, given
  the  circumstances surrounding the filing of the complaints.  The
  distinction is significant.  See Goldman v. Bryan,