Research Guides

Publications from the Connecticut Judicial Branch:

• Frequently Asked Questions About Lawyers

• Attorney Grievance Procedures in Connecticut (pamphlet) (pdf)

• Answers to Questions Regarding the Client Security Fund (pamphlet) (pdf)

• Connecticut’s New Advertising and Clients’ Funds Accounts Audit Rules - The Basics of What You Need to Know

• Withdrawal of Appearance – Civil Procedure

• 3.8-5 Legal Malpractice

• 3.8-6 Legal Malpractice - Settlement Advice
  

Publication from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute: 

• Connecticut Legal Ethics (An annotated Connecticut law of lawyering publication organized by the Rules of Professional Conduct.)

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

• Allegations of Criminal Conduct in Grievance Committee Complaints - 2009-R-0173
  You asked about the process by which the Statewide Grievance Committee (SGC) reviews complaints alleging criminal misconduct. OLR report 2006-R-0577 describes the role of the SGC and attorney discipline in the state.
   

• Attorney Discipline - 2006-R-0577
  You asked for a brief summary of the statutes and rules that can result in the suspension or disbarment of an attorney in Connecticut. You also asked whether as part of this disciplinary process, the grievance committee can appoint a trustee to take over the disciplined, suspended, or disbarred attorney's practice. Finally, you asked whether the grievance committee has this authority separate from the disciplinary process.

Information from the Connecticut Bar Association: 

• Fee Dispute Resolution

• American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility

  • Consumer’s Guide to Legal Help on the Internet

  • ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct

  • ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility (pdf)
     

• Cornell Legal Information Institute Legal Ethics Library

Selected Rules:

• Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (pdf)

• Chapter 2: Attorneys (pdf)

• Attorney/Firm Inquiry
  This search displays information about firms and about attorneys who are active or who are currently suspended, administratively suspended (for failure to pay the Client Security Fund fee), disbarred, inactive, inactive due to disability (pursuant to Practice Book § 2-56 et seq.), retired, resigned and deceased.
   

The Statewide Grievance Committee (SGC) is a body of twenty-one individuals, comprised of fourteen attorneys and seven non-attorneys, appointed by the judges of the Superior Court to review, investigate and adjudicate attorney ethics matters.

• SGC Home Page

• Client Security Fund Committee

• Grievance Decisions
  Search the grievance decisions for a name or case number, legal term, subject or rule of professional conduct

• Multi-Jurisdictional Practice (MJP)

• Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

• Rules of Procedure

• Statewide Bar Counsel

• Bar Examining Committee Home Page

• Application for Reimbursement - Client Security Fund, JD-GC-15 (pdf)
• Complaint against Attorney, JD-GC-06 (pdf)

• Judicial Ethics Page