STATEWIDE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE v. GANIM

No. 19192.

87 A.3d 1078 (2014)

149 Conn. 430

STATEWIDE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE v. Joseph P. GANIM.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Rosnick , with whom, on the brief, were Bruce L. Levin and Barbara M. Schellenberg , Bridgeport, for the appellant (defendant).

Patricia A. King , chief disciplinary counsel, with whom was Suzanne B. Sutton , first assistant chief disciplinary counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, McDONALD, ESPINOSA and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

This case addresses the limits of the deference that should be afforded to a local standing committee of the state bar when that committee recommends that an individual, who recently has been released from prison after serving a lengthy term for multiple federal felonies that he committed while holding public office, should be reinstated to the bar and, therefore, entrusted again with the privilege of practicing law. The defendant, Joseph P. Ganim, was...

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