DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. PARNOFF

SC 19535.

152 A.3d 1222 (2016)

324 Conn. 505

DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. Laurence PARNOFF.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam P. Mauriello , counsel, legal services, with whom were Karyl L. Carrasquilla , chief disciplinary counsel, and, on the brief, Suzanne B. Sutton , for the appellant (plaintiff).

Charles W. Fleischmann , with whom, on the brief, was Paul E. Pollock , for the appellee (defendant).

Rogers, C.J., and Palmer, Zarella, Eveleigh, McDonald, Espinosa and Robinson, Js.


In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether an attorney who knowingly appropriated client funds, but did not intend to do so wrongly, "knowingly misappropriated" those funds and is therefore subject to mandatory disbarment pursuant to Practice Book § 2-47A.1 The plaintiff, Disciplinary Counsel, appeals...

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