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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 874 - Court Reporters › Section 51-74. - Use of digital recording equipment by official court reporter or court recording monitor.

The record of proceedings in any court required to be made by an official court reporter or court recording monitor shall be made by digital recording equipment approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(1953, S. 3136d; P.A. 82-248, S. 64; P.A. 19-64, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 19-64 deleted Subsec. designator from existing Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “assistant court reporter, stenographer or assistant stenographer may in the first instance be made by shorthand, by shorthand writing machine, or by a mechanical or sound recording device” with “or court recording monitor shall be made by digital recording equipment”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re court reporter or stenographer attending court and making record of proceedings by short hand or approved mechanical or sound recording device and deleted former Subsec. (c) re “shorthand notes”, “stenographic notes” and “official notes”.
See chapter 400
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re licensing of shorthand reporters.
Cited. 165 C. 152.
Cited. 43 CS 246.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 875 - Court Messengers › Section 51-75. - Messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts.

Section 51-75 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012.
(1949 Rev., S. 7711; 1957, P.A. 651, S. 29; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 60; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 10; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 76, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 23, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 65; P.A. 84-529, S. 3; P.A. 12-133, S. 47.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 875 - Court Messengers › Section 51-76 and 51-76a. - Messengers and assistant messengers: Of Court of Common Pleas; of the Circuit Court.

Sections 51-76 and 51-76a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7616; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 59; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 19; P.A. 74-183, S. 45, 280, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 77, 681.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 875 - Court Messengers › Section 51-77. - Filling of vacancies.

Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of messenger or assistant messenger, the judges of the Superior Court or any authorized committee thereof may fill the vacancy until the next July first.
(1949 Rev., S. 7713; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 11; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 77-576, S. 24, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 66.)
History: 1972 acts added judicial districts, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 77-576 deleted provision allowing removal of messenger for cause and proviso re interim appointments to fill vacancies until judges' annual meeting, at which time judges fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term, specifying instead that vacancies are to be filled until the next July first by judges or a committee of judges, and included reference to assistant messengers, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 changed “such court” to “superior court” and “such” to “the”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 875 - Court Messengers › Section 51-78. - Retired messengers may be continued in service.

(a) When a duly appointed and acting messenger of any constituent court of the Judicial Department is retired under the provisions of section 5-162 because of having reached the age of seventy years, the person so retired may continue in the service of the court which appointed him as such messenger as an employee at the salary to which he was entitled at the date of his retirement unless the court, at its next annual meeting of judges following the effective date of his retirement, or at any proper meeting of the judges thereof thereafter, votes that his employment shall terminate.
(b) The existing retirement rights of any person so continuing in the employment of any constituent court of the Judicial Department as of the date when he became seventy years of age shall not be affected by his continuance in the employ of the court in such capacity thereafter, but additional rights or benefits shall not accrue to the benefit or interest of any person so continuing in employment.
(c) No such person may receive a retirement salary during the period of the continuance of his employment after his retirement.
(d) The provisions of any statute dealing with examinations, certifications and appointments to and separations from the service shall not apply to any such person so continuing in the employment of any court after his retirement.
(e) Immediately upon the retirement of such person the Comptroller shall record him as an employee and continue to pay his salary until receipt of certification from the Chief Justice that the employment has been terminated.
(1949, S. 3139d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 96; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 38; P.A. 81-19, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-248, S. 67.)
History: 1959 act extended application of section from superior and common pleas courts to any constituent court of judicial department; 1965 act corrected reference in first sentence from section 5-101 to 5-162; P.A. 81-19 deleted the prohibition on retired court messengers continuing in employment after age 75; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change.
See Sec. 5-164(d) re reemployment of retired messengers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 875 - Court Messengers › Section 51-79. - Duties of messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts.

Each messenger and each assistant messenger under the supervision of the messenger shall: (1) Guard and safely keep all exhibits committed to his charge by the presiding judge, counsel or court officers, (2) obtain and attend to the proper return of such books, records, documents, files and works of reference, belonging in the office of the clerk of the court or in any state law library, as may be required in the court upon which he is in attendance, and (3) perform such other duties as the judges or the presiding judge prescribes.
(1949 Rev., S. 7712; P.A. 82-248, S. 68.)
History: P.A. 82-248 reworded section and deleted obsolete provision re county law library associations.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-80. - Admission.

The Superior Court may admit and cause to be sworn as attorneys such persons as are qualified therefor, in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court. The judges of the Superior Court may establish rules relative to the admission, qualifications, practice and removal of attorneys.
(1949 Rev., S. 7638; P.A. 82-248, S. 69.)
History: P.A. 82-248 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes.
Employment of attorney as such does not authorize him to discharge plaintiff's claim. 21 C. 245. In suits by him for services, his professional standing and amount of business may be inquired into. 40 C. 97; 105 C. 444; 107 C. 383. A woman may be admitted as an attorney. 50 C. 131. Power of court to remove attorney, and proper causes therefor. 66 C. 585; 80 C. 140; 84 C. 602; 88 C. 447; 90 C. 440; 112 C. 269. Nature of office of attorney. 72 C. 244; 74 C. 700; 80 C. 147. Qualification and procedure for admission generally. 79 C. 46. Right to practice not a property right. Id., 55. Disbarment of attorney who is also judge of probate does not disqualify him as to latter office. 88 C. 447. Source of court's authority for its rules. Id., 456. Order for indefinite suspension is valid. 90 C. 441. Proper to vest in bar examining committee power to make decisions under rules of judges, including power to determine approved law schools. 116 C. 417. History of law with respect to admission of attorneys. 129 C. 52. Applicant may be admitted only when qualified in accordance with rules established by judges; rules have force of statute. 132 C. 241. Legislative recognition of inherent right of the Superior Court to promulgate rules for admission of attorneys; history of section reviewed. 145 C. 222. Cited. 146 C. 556. Can be construed only as a legislative recognition of inherent power of the Superior Court; questions of law arising upon proceedings for admission to the bar are properly presented in a petition to the court. 148 C. 177. Cited. 154 C. 129, 150. Applicant, member of Maryland bar, admitted without examination although practice in Connecticut would be confined to one corporate client. 155 C. 186. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 220 C. 812.
Cited. 9 CA 825; 29 CA 43.
Cited. 20 CS 268. Terms of injunction in accordance with Supreme Court decision re practice of law by trust departments of banks. 21 CS 42. If an applicant seeks admittance to the bar without examination, he is not the victim of discrimination if strict compliance with the rule is insisted on. 22 CS 214. New York attorney not a member of Connecticut bar held not entitled to recover for legal services rendered in Connecticut. 23 CS 225. Cited. 34 CS 674.
Legislature, by insertion of exception clause in Sec. 1-19, presumed to intend to exclude from operation of “right to know” statutes exclusive power over admission to bar vested in Superior Court by this section. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 313, 321.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-81h. - Escrow agreement not invalid when attorney-at-law, law firm or agent is escrow holder.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Escrow agreement” means a written or oral agreement under which money, documents, instruments or other property is delivered by a party to the agreement or another person to a third party to be held by such third party for delivery or disbursement to another party to the agreement or another person upon the occurrence of an event or condition specified in the agreement.
(2) “Escrow holder” means a third party to whom money, documents, instruments or other property is delivered for subsequent delivery or disbursement in accordance with the escrow agreement.
(b) No escrow agreement shall be ineffective, invalid or unenforceable because the escrow holder is the attorney-at-law, law firm or agent for one or more parties to the escrow agreement, whether in connection with the matter to which the escrow agreement is related or otherwise.
(P.A. 00-74, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 00-74 effective May 16, 2000, and applicable to any escrow agreement in existence on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-82 and 51-83. - Admission to examination of attorneys admitted to practice in other states. Examination of veterans for admission.

Sections 51-82 and 51-83 are repealed.
(1949, S. 3119d; 1957, P.A. 528; 597; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 43; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-84. - Attorneys subject to rules.

(a) Attorneys admitted by the Superior Court shall be attorneys of all courts and shall be subject to the rules and orders of the courts before which they act.
(b) Any such court may fine an attorney for transgressing its rules and orders an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars for any offense, and may suspend or displace an attorney for just cause.
(1949 Rev., S. 7642; P.A. 82-248, S. 72.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change.
Attorney cannot be compelled in one case to produce in evidence a paper left with him by a client in another case. 3 D. 499. Superior Court alone has power to admit and to suspend or displace attorneys at law. 60 C. 12; 66 C. 587. Should not practice in court where he may act as judge; 72 C. 437; or try case in which he is material witness; 68 C. 201; 72 C. 437; 80 C. 531; 81 C. 350; unless case is his own; 85 C. 209; but adversary's counsel may call him as witness. 81 C. 344. Agreement to bear expense of action and receive one-half proceeds is against public policy. 77 C. 457; 84 C. 594; 107 C. 386. May try case before his brother as judge. 83 C. 180. To deceive court to secure admission of evidence is a contempt. 84 C. 60. Discretion of court as to displacing or suspending attorney. Id., 602. May purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 260. Disregard of rulings and suggestions of judge justifies displacement or suspension. 88 C. 150. Cited. 129 C. 53. When counsel may withdraw from case which is before court. 147 C. 337. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 190 C. 686; Id., 694; 193 C. 28; 206 C. 454; 214 C. 344; 227 C. 829. Procedural due process challenge to section's validity cannot proceed in the abstract as due process is inherently fact-bound, flexible and calls for protections as the situation demands; claim that disciplinary action under section violated due process was unavailing where appellant had received adequate notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard; section, by its broad language, encompassing all judicial proceedings, recognizes inherent power of courts to impose sanctions against attorneys. 256 C. 628. Court has jurisdiction over allegations of professional misconduct by a practicing attorney even during a period of disbarment. 282 C. 1.
Cited. 15 CA 654; 18 CA 316; Id., 344; 19 CA 340; 21 CA 185; 41 CA 238; 42 CA 617.
“Permanent” disbarment means something less than irrevocable or absolute disbarment and disbarred attorney may be readmitted to practice. 36 CS 41.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-85. - Authority and powers of commissioners of the Superior Court.

Each attorney-at-law admitted to practice within the state, while in good standing, shall be a commissioner of the Superior Court and, in such capacity, may, within the state, sign writs and subpoenas, take recognizances, administer oaths and take depositions and acknowledgments of deeds. Each such attorney may also issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum in administrative proceedings. If, in any administrative proceeding, any person disobeys such subpoena or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any proper and pertinent question or refuses to produce any books, papers or documents pursuant thereto, application may be made to the Superior Court or any judge thereof for an order compelling obedience.
(1949 Rev., S. 7648; P.A. 77-386, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-280, S. 80, 127.)
History: P.A. 77-386 authorized issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and added provision re application for order compelling obedience where person disobeys subpoena or fails to answer questions, etc.; P.A. 78-280 required that application for order compelling obedience be made to superior court rather than to court of common pleas, fulfilling requirements of P.A. 76-436 which transferred functions of common pleas court to superior court.
A woman may be appointed. 50 C. 136. The signing of a writ by a lawyer as a commissioner of the Superior Court is not a mere ministerial act; a writ of mandamus to compel the signing will not be granted. 142 C. 411. Cited. 162 C. 255; 171 C. 705; 180 C. 243; 197 C. 507; 207 C. 77; 222 C. 541; 223 C. 618.
Cited. 9 CA 825; 25 CA 543; judgment reversed, see 222 C. 541; 38 CA 555.
Court refused to consider claim that town attorney had authority to apply for order compelling obedience where claim not made to trial court. 35 CS 668. Cited. 42 CS 602.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-86. - Soliciting persons to institute actions for damages.

(a) A person who has not been admitted as an attorney in this state under the provisions of section 51-80 shall not solicit, advise, request or induce another person to cause an action for damages to be instituted, from which action or from which person the person soliciting, advising, requesting or inducing the action may, by agreement or otherwise, directly or indirectly, receive compensation from such other person or such person's attorney, or in which action the compensation of the attorney instituting or prosecuting the action, directly or indirectly, depends upon the amount of the recovery therein.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 7640; P.A. 82-248, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change.
What constitutes “ambulance chasing”. 4 CS 90. A lawyer who abets the commission of the offense by knowingly accepting a case so solicited is equally as guilty. Id., 233.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-87. - Solicitation of cases for attorneys.

(a) Any person who (1) pays, remunerates or rewards any other person with something of value to solicit or obtain a cause of action or client for an attorney-at-law or (2) employs an agent, runner or other person to solicit or obtain a cause of action or a client for an attorney-at-law or (3) pays, remunerates or rewards any other person with something of value for soliciting or bringing a cause of action or a client to an attorney-at-law or (4) pays, remunerates or rewards with something of value a police officer, court officer, correctional institution officer or employee, a physician, any hospital attache or employee, an automobile repairman, tower or wrecker, funeral director or any other person who induces any person to seek the services of an attorney or (5) pays, remunerates or rewards any other person with something of value to induce such other person to bring a cause of action to, or to come to, an attorney or to seek an attorney's professional services shall be guilty of a class E felony. This subsection shall not apply to an attorney's engaging other or additional attorneys for professional assistance or to an attorney's referring a case to another attorney.
(b) Any person who knowingly receives or accepts any payment, remuneration or reward of value for referring or bringing a cause of action or prospective client to an attorney-at-law, or for inducing or influencing any other person to seek the professional advice or services of an attorney, shall be guilty of a class E felony. This subsection shall not apply to the referral by an attorney-at-law of causes of action or clients or other persons to another attorney-at-law.
(1957, P.A. 606, S. 1, 2; P.A. 13-258, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalties from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 3 years to a class E felony, and made technical changes.
See Sec. 53-340a re solicitation of clients, patients or customers for attorneys or health care professionals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-87b. - Attorneys and persons affiliated with attorneys prohibited from referring persons to real estate brokers, salespersons, or mortgage brokers or lenders, for fee or commission. Penalties.

(a) No attorney-at-law admitted to practice within this state or any person affiliated with such attorney may receive a fee, commission or other form of referral fee for the referral of any person to (1) a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, as defined in section 20-311, or any person affiliated with such broker or salesperson or any person engaged in the real estate business, as defined in said section 20-311, or (2) any mortgage broker or mortgage lender, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 49-31d, or any person affiliated with such mortgage broker or lender.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-87.
(P.A. 94-240, S. 12; P.A. 96-200, S. 27; P.A. 13-258, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 96-200 substituted “salesperson” for “salesman” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 13-258 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-88a. - Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Real estate closings.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no person shall conduct a real estate closing unless such person has been admitted as an attorney in this state under the provisions of section 51-80 and has not been disqualified from the practice of law due to resignation, disbarment, being placed on inactive status or suspension. For the purposes of this subsection, “real estate closing” means a closing for (1) a mortgage loan transaction, other than a home equity line of credit transaction or any other loan transaction that does not involve the issuance of a lender's or mortgagee's policy of title insurance in connection with such transaction, to be secured by real property in this state, or (2) any transaction wherein consideration is paid by a party to such transaction to effectuate a change in the ownership of real property in this state.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have committed a violation of subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 51-88 and be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-88.
(P.A. 19-88, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-89. - State marshal or constable not to act as attorney in court.

No state marshal or constable shall appear in court as attorney.
(1949 Rev., S. 7968; P.A. 00-99, S. 105, 154.)
History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-89a. - Complaint and hearing required for suspension or disbarment.

Section 51-89a is repealed.
(P.A. 77-194, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-248, S. 75; P.A. 86-276, S. 14, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-90a. - Powers and duties of State-Wide Grievance Committee.

In addition to any other powers and duties set forth in sections 51-90 to 51-91b, inclusive, the State-Wide Grievance Committee shall have the power and duty to: (1) Adopt rules for procedure not inconsistent with the general statutes or rules of court; (2) investigate and present to the court of proper jurisdiction any person deemed in contempt under section 51-88; and (3) adopt rules for grievance panels to carry out their duties which are not inconsistent with the general statutes or rules of court.
(P.A. 85-456, S. 2, 11; P.A. 86-276, S. 2, 15; P.A. 88-152, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 85-456 effective July 1, 1986; P.A. 86-276 deleted the power and duty of the committee to consider and investigate the conduct of any attorney for certain violations and offenses and malfeasance, to employ a chief counsel and other necessary employees and to appoint a board and panels from the members of such board; P.A. 88-152 added Subdiv. (3) giving the committee the power and duty to adopt rules for grievance panels.
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 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.
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539; 235 C. 693; 239 C. 449.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-90c. - State-Wide Bar Counsel.

(a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint an attorney to act as State-Wide Bar Counsel, who shall serve full-time, and such number of attorneys to act as assistant bar counsel as are necessary, for a term of one year commencing July first. Any vacancy in the position of State-Wide Bar Counsel or assistant bar counsel shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court which shall appoint an attorney for the unexpired portion of the term. Compensation of the State-Wide Bar Counsel and assistant bar counsel shall be established by, and paid from funds appropriated to, the Judicial Department.
(b) In addition to any other powers and duties set forth in sections 51-90 to 51-91b, inclusive, or by rule of the court, the State-Wide Bar Counsel shall investigate and prosecute complaints involving the violation by any person of any provision of section 51-88.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 4, 15.)
Cited. 213 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-90d. - Grievance counsel and investigators. Powers and duties of grievance counsel.

(a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint attorneys to serve as grievance counsel for grievance panels and shall appoint one or more investigators. The investigators shall be under the supervision of the State-Wide Bar Counsel and shall serve the State-Wide Grievance Committee, the reviewing subcommittees of the State-Wide Grievance Committee and the grievance panels. Grievance counsel and investigators shall serve for a term of one year commencing July first. Any vacancy in the position of grievance counsel or investigator shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court for the unexpired portion of the term. Compensation of the grievance counsel and investigator shall be established by, and paid from funds appropriated to, the Judicial Department. Such appointees may be placed on the Judicial Department payroll or be paid on a contractual basis.
(b) Grievance counsel shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To investigate all complaints received by a grievance panel from the State-Wide Bar Counsel or State-Wide Grievance Committee involving alleged misconduct of an attorney subject to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court;
(2) To assist a grievance panel in all matters under its jurisdiction; and
(3) To assist a reviewing subcommittee of the State-Wide Grievance Committee in conducting hearings when such assistance is determined to be necessary by the State-Wide Grievance Committee.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 5, 15; P.A. 88-152, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-152 added Subsec. (b)(3) giving grievance counsel the power and duty to assist a reviewing subcommittee in conducting hearings.
Cited. 213 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-90e. - Filing of complaint alleging attorney misconduct. Referral to grievance panel.

(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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-90h. - Decision of State-Wide Grievance Committee.

(a) Within fourteen days of the issuance to the parties of the proposed decision, the complainant and respondent may submit to the State-Wide Grievance Committee a statement in support of, or in opposition to, the proposed decision. The State-Wide Grievance Committee may, in its discretion, request oral argument.
(b) Within sixty days after the end of the fourteen-day period for the filing of statements, the State-Wide Grievance Committee shall review the record before the subcommittee and any statements filed with it, and shall issue a decision dismissing the complaint, reprimanding the respondent, imposing conditions in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court, directing the State-Wide Bar Counsel to file a presentment against the respondent or referring the complaint to the same or a different reviewing subcommittee for further investigation and proposed decision.
(c) The State-Wide Grievance Committee shall forward a copy of its decision under section 51-90g or this section to the complainant and the respondent. The decision shall be a matter of public record.
(d) If the State-Wide Grievance Committee finds probable cause to believe that the attorney has violated the criminal law of this state, it shall report its findings to the Chief State's Attorney.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 9, 15; P.A. 88-152, S. 7; P.A. 93-370, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-152 amended Subsec. (b) to increase from 30 to 60 days the time period within which the committee shall issue a decision; P.A. 93-370 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the state-wide grievance committee to issue a decision imposing conditions in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the superior court.
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-91. - Compelling testimony of witnesses. Contempt.

(a) Any person may be compelled by subpoena signed by competent authority to appear before the State-Wide Grievance Committee, a subcommittee of said State-Wide Grievance Committee or a grievance panel to testify in relation to any matter deemed by the committee, subcommittee or panel to be relevant to any inquiry or investigation by it, and to produce before such committee, subcommittee or panel, for examination, any books or papers which, in its judgment, may be relevant to the inquiry or investigation.
(b) The committee, subcommittee or panel, while engaged in the discharge of its duties, shall have the same authority over witnesses as is provided in section 51-35 and may commit for contempt for a period no longer than thirty days.
(1949 Rev., S. 7644; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 109; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 77; P.A. 85-456, S. 7, 11; P.A. 86-276, S. 10, 15.)
History: 1961 act provided committee's authority over witnesses be as in Sec. 51-35 rather than same as justice of peace and provided 30-day commitment for contempt rather than same power as justice; P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 85-456 replaced reference to “a grievance committee” with “the state-wide grievance committee or a panel”, added “or panel” after “committee”, and deleted provisions authorizing a grievance committee to employ and compensate assistants and a stenographer and authorizing a committee to cause a report of a witness' testimony to be transcribed and furnished to the state's attorney, effective July 1, 1986; P.A. 86-276 added references to a subcommittee of the state-wide grievance committee.
Cited. 112 C. 265; 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 222 C. 799.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
Cited. 4 CS 502.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-91b. - Applicability of grievance procedures. Transfer of pending matters.

(a) The provisions of sections 51-90 to 51-91a, inclusive, shall apply to all grievance complaints filed on or after July 1, 1986.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the term of each member of a local grievance committee established pursuant to section 51-90 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1985, shall terminate on July 1, 1986. All matters pending before such a local grievance committee on July 1, 1986, shall be construed as pending with the same status before a grievance panel established under section 51-90b which serves the same territorial jurisdiction as that served by the local grievance committee on said date.
(c) Rules of court in effect prior to July 1, 1986, shall govern all appeals to the State-Wide Grievance Committee from decisions rendered by a local grievance committee prior to July 1, 1986.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 12, 15.)
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-91c. - Posting of signs concerning attorney grievance procedures.

The Chief Court Administrator shall cause to be prominently displayed in each geographical area court facility and judicial district courthouse a sign setting forth the duties of the State-Wide Grievance Committee and the procedure for a person alleging attorney misconduct to file a complaint against such attorney.
(P.A. 86-276, S. 13, 15.)
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-92. - Grievance committees; fees and expenses.

Section 51-92 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7645; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 78; P.A. 85-456, S. 10, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-93. - Reinstatement of attorneys.

The superior court for any judicial district may, upon hearing, after written application and such notice as the court may prescribe, reinstate as an attorney-at-law any person resident in such judicial district who has been suspended or displaced or who has resigned.
(1949 Rev., S. 7646; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”.
Discretion of court as to reinstatement. 90 C. 440. Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
“Permanent” disbarment means something less than irrevocable or absolute disbarment and disbarred attorney may be readmitted to practice. 36 CS 41.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-94. - Evidence in proceedings to suspend, displace or remove attorneys-at-law.

In any proceeding for the suspension, displacement or removal of an attorney-at-law or to investigate the character, integrity or professional standing of such attorney, evidence tending to show the general character, reputation and professional standing of such attorney shall be admissible.
(1949 Rev., S. 7647.)
Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 227 C. 829; 230 C. 668.
Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 876 - Attorneys › Section 51-94a. - Limitation on liability of attorney appointed to inventory files and protect interests of clients of inactive, suspended, disbarred, deceased or resigned attorney.

No attorney appointed by the court pursuant to rules of the Superior Court, or pursuant to the court's inherent authority to regulate attorney conduct, to inventory the files of an inactive, suspended, disbarred, deceased or resigned attorney and to take necessary action to protect the interests of the inactive, suspended, disbarred, deceased or resigned attorney's clients shall be liable for damage or injury, not wanton, reckless or malicious, caused in the discharge of the appointed attorney's duties in connection with such inventory and action. Any attorney so appointed by the court shall be deemed to be a state officer or employee for purposes of indemnification and defense under section 5-141d.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 22; P.A. 12-133, S. 7; P.A. 22-26, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 12-133 added provision re appointed attorney to be deemed a state officer or employee for purposes of indemnification and defense under Sec. 5-141d; P.A. 22-26 added “or pursuant to the court's inherent authority to regulate attorney conduct”, added references to “deceased” attorney and made technical changes, effective May 10, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-95a. (Formerly Sec. 51-193a). - Justice of the peace not to transact judicial business.

Judicial business shall not be transacted by any justice of the peace.
(1959, P.A. 28, S. 44; February, 1965, P.A. 187, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 71, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 83, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 80.)
History: 1965 act allowed storage of judicial files, records and dockets as provided in Sec. 51-52; P.A. 74-183 replaced general reference to files, records and dockets of justices, judges and courts with “justice of the peace and trial justices, judges of the borough, city, town and police courts, the traffic court of Danbury and the circuit court” and their respective courts and required that files, etc. be kept in common pleas court clerks' offices rather than in circuit court clerks' offices, reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to common pleas court, effective December 31, 1974; Sec. 51-273 transferred to Sec. 51-164h in 1975; P.A. 76-436 applied provisions to records, files, etc. of court of common pleas and required that files, etc. be kept in superior court clerks' offices rather than in common pleas court clerks' offices, reflecting transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 51-164h transferred to Sec. 51-193a in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 82-248 deleted provision that prohibited “after December 31, 1960” a justice of the peace transacting judicial business and deleted provisions concerning judicial records and reenacted them as part of Sec. 51-52; Sec. 51-193a transferred to Sec. 51-95a in 1983.
Annotations to former section 51-273:
Cited. 149 C. 151.
Cited. 23 CS 410.
Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 58, 59. With regard to judgment records of former minor courts, clerks of circuit court exercise duty of custody and safekeeping; they are not successors in office to clerks of said courts and are not enabled to amplify or complete any record of such courts in their custody; they may certify only to authenticity of documents in their custody, without verbal alteration. Id., 688.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-95b. - Qualification and certification of appointed justices of the peace.

(a) Each person appointed to be a justice of the peace pursuant to section 9-184c, before commencing the duties of such office, shall take the official oath and shall furnish his signature to the clerk of the town in which the justice of the peace was appointed, upon a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. The form shall be delivered or sent by the clerk to each appointed justice of the peace within the town. Unless the official oath is administered by the town clerk, the officer who administers it shall transmit a certificate of the taking of the oath to the clerk of the town in which the justice of the peace was appointed.
(b) The town clerk of each town shall keep a record of the names of such qualified justices of the peace.
(c) On or before the fifteenth day of January following the appointment of justices of the peace or, if appointed to fill a vacancy, within ten days after the appointment, the town clerk shall make a certificate upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of the State, stating the names of such qualified justices of the peace in the town, which names shall be set forth as on the registry list of electors in the town. The town clerk shall transmit the certificate to the Secretary of the State.
(d) The certificate shall be sufficient authority upon receipt for the Secretary of the State to certify that the justices of the peace were duly appointed and qualified. Town clerks may also certify to the appointment and qualification of justices of the peace in their respective towns.
(e) Within thirty days after the fifteenth day of January following the appointment of any such justice of the peace, and provided the official oath has been taken and the signature form has been received by the town clerk, the town clerk shall issue to each qualified justice of the peace a certificate of qualification setting forth his name, address, term of office and a statement that he is qualified to act as a justice of the peace.
(f) Each such justice of the peace shall cause the certificate of qualification to be displayed to any person who seeks his service as a justice of the peace.
(P.A. 94-230, S. 7, 10.)
History: P.A. 94-230 effective June 11, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-96 to 51-104. - Justice court, generally.

Sections 51-96 to 51-104, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7550, 7551, 7553–7559; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-105. - Former justice may perfect records; copies.

Any former justice of the peace who has been removed from office for other cause than a conviction of crime may perfect his records from the files, as occasion may require, and give certified copies thereof, which shall be legal evidence.
(1949 Rev., S. 7560.)
A justice may perfect his records in another state. 28 C. 527.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-107. - Attested copies of judgments legal evidence.

Each attested copy of any judgment of a justice of the peace which was recorded in the record book of the town where the action was brought, with a certificate of the town clerk that it has been recorded and with the seal of such town affixed thereto, shall be legal evidence in any court in this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 7562.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-108. - Files and minutes admissible as evidence.

In the absence of a formal record, the files and minutes of a justice of the peace in any action heard and determined by him shall be admissible as evidence in all actions brought on such judgment after his decease or removal from this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 7563.)
Minutes need not be technically full and accurate. 51 C. 541.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace › Section 51-109 and 51-110. - Justice not reelected; pending matters. Compensation of justices.

Sections 51-109 and 51-110 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3616, 7564; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 878 - Trial Justices and Prosecuting Grand Jurors (Repealed) › Section 51-111 to 51-126. - Trial justices and prosecuting grand jurors.

Sections 51-111 to 51-126, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7566–7576, 7578, 8736–8739; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 98; 574; 651, S. 21; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 51; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 879 - Municipal Courts (Repealed) › Section 51-127 to 51-138. - Municipal courts.

Sections 51-127 to 51-138, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 76, 7581–7587, 7590, 7735; 1951, S. 3098d; 1953, S. 25d, 3099d–3101d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 97; 570; 651, S. 22, 23; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 880 - Judicial District of Waterbury (See Chapter 890) › Section 51-139. - Constitution of districts.

Section 51-139 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7592; 1951, S. 3103d; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 1; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 75-26, S. 2, 8; 75-578, S. 10; P.A. 76-380, S. 2, 12; 76-436, S. 400, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 11, 65.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 881 - Court of Common Pleas (See Chapters 870, 871, 877, 882, 884 and 886) › Section 51-141a. - Reference to Circuit Court deemed to mean Court of Common Pleas.

Section 51-141a is repealed.
(P.A. 74-183, S. 286, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 79, 681.)