Subject: Notice to Attorneys Regarding Display of Public Licensing History
From: "Statewide Grievance Committee" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:01:02 -0500

Notice to Attorneys
Regarding Display of Public Licensing History

Beginning January 1, 2011, the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch will begin
displaying public information regarding the juris history of attorneys,
including public disciplinary history, on the Judicial Branch
website.

An attorney’s public disciplinary history includes all orders issued by
the Statewide Grievance Committee
pursuant to Practice Book §2-37 (e.g. reprimands and conditions), all
presentment orders and all disciplinary orders issued by a court, including
resignations.

The juris history displayed will also include non-disciplinary history,
including any deactivation of an attorney’s license for the following reasons:
suspensions or administrative suspensions for the failure to pay the Client
Security Fund in violation of Practice Book §2-70(b); retirement pursuant to
Practice Book §2-55; and placements on inactive (disability) status.

An attorney’s public history will be displayed by taking information from
the Judicial Branch’s computerized database, which extends back to the
mid-1980s.  Court history extends
back to an attorney’s admission to the Connecticut bar.

In accord with Practice
Book Section 2-11, attorneys who are or were admitted to the bar with conditions
will not have any of their conditions published.

In an effort to ensure accuracy in our reporting, we have made the
proposed public histories available to attorneys in “test mode” through Judicial
Branch E-services.  You may review
your public history and report any disputed claims regarding your license to the
Statewide Grievance Committee.  To view your public history, log onto
Judicial Branch E-Services here: https://eservices.jud.ct.gov/login.aspx.  After
logging on, in the left column, you will
see “Juris History” as an option.
Click on “Juris History”.
Your public history should be displayed, if there is any since the
mid-1980s.  The database will be
available in test mode from November 8, 2010 until December 8, 2010.  Attached is a copy of the disclaimer for
the public.

Please bear in mind the following:

1.
All discipline is reported
under an attorney’s personal, “A” type, juris number, except in rare cases.

2.
The public website will only
report Statewide Grievance Committee
history to the extent discipline is imposed. This includes bypass agreements
reached pursuant to Practice Book §2-82 and presentments ordered pursuant to
Practice Book §2-35(e).  Although
all grievance complaints in which probable cause was found are available to the
public, the Judicial Branch will not display dismissed or pending grievance
complaints on the website.

3.
Please do not respond to this email if your juris
history is accurate, or if you have no history of discipline.

4.
If your discipline, as
listed, is inaccurate, please respond to this e-mail and send the
Statewide Grievance Committee a
letter, specifying the error and any evidence you have to verify the error.  Contact information regarding the
Statewide Grievance Committee may be
found at http://www.jud.ct.gov/sgc/

5.
If an order of discipline
imposed pursuant to Practice Book §2-37 is currently under appeal, it will not
be displayed online unless and until it is a final order of discipline.  Please note, however, that although
presentments ordered pursuant to Practice Book §2-35(e) are not final orders of
discipline, they will be displayed.
Any Statewide Grievance
Committee orders of discipline will not be displayed for thirty days until the
appeal period has expired.  Court
history will be displayed immediately unless the Court has issued a
stay.

6.
Finally, the Judicial Branch
will also display any activity to your license which deactivated your
license.  This includes
non-disciplinary matters such as retirement, disability, and administrative
suspensions.

Any questions may be
addressed to the Office of Statewide Bar Counsel in reply to this email or at
[email-masked].

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