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Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)

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Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)
Parent Document
Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
2020-04-27

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against them compared to the similar conduct of Cauca-
         sian attorneys who received no discipline. The respon-
         dent particularly referenced her own attempts to have
         the disciplinary counsel or the SGC investigate com-
         plaints against Caucasian attorneys only to have the
         disciplinary authorities refuse to do so. [Tr. 3 103:1–23,
         124:27–125:22, 127:1–135:4; Tr. 4 7:5–11:13, Miller]. How-
         ever, the respondent’s own testimony made clear that
         upon the respondent’s informal presentation of a Sep-
         tember 1, 2015 letter and materials containing informa-
         tion relative to the possible misconduct of other attor-
         neys, the disciplinary authorities responded with a
         September 4, 2015 letter detailing the proper process
         for lodging such a complaint and advising the respon-
         dent that she was free to resubmit it. [Respondent’s Ex.
         S]. That letter provided in relevant part:
            ‘‘In your letter, you ‘ask that these matters be investi-
         gated as soon as possible.’ If you have evidence of
         attorney misconduct, you are welcome to file grievance
         complaints, as you already have done regarding two of
         the attorneys mentioned in your documents. Any addi-
         tional grievance complaints which you file will be pro-
         cessed in accordance with Practice Book § 2-32 (a).
            ‘‘Alternatively, you can submit to our office informa-
         tion you have regarding any alleged attorney miscon-
         duct, along with supporting documentation. Our office
         will then determine whether the information and docu-
         mentation are sufficient to support a referral of the mis-
         conduct to a grievance panel. If so, the grievance panel
         to which any such referral is made will then investigate
         the allegations and make a determination as to whether
         a grievance complaint should be filed. Please note, how-
         ever, that any such submissions by you should address
         the alleged misconduct of any such attorney in a sep-
         arate and individual filing, to allow the consideration
         of each matter to be conducted without reference to
         irrelevant and immaterial allegations regarding other
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