There is a newer version of the Connecticut General Statutes
2009 Connecticut Code
Title 51 Courts
Chapter 876 Attorneys
- Sec. 51-80. Admission.
- Sec. 51-80a. Regulation of foreign legal consultants.
- Sec. 51-81. Investigation of qualifications of applicants for admission to the bar.
- Sec. 51-81a. Certificate of registration. Fee. Renewal.
- Sec. 51-81b. Occupational tax on attorneys. Collection procedure. State lien against real estate as security for tax. Interest on unpaid tax. Attorneys who are not liable for tax. Administration.
- Sec. 51-81c. Program for use of interest on lawyers' clients' funds accounts. Applicability to entities that establish certain accounts to receive loan proceeds from a mortgage lender.
- Sec. 51-81d. Client Security Fund. Reimbursement of losses caused by dishonest conduct of attorneys. Crisis intervention and referral assistance to attorneys with substance abuse, gambling or behavioral health problems. Annual fee. Confidentiality of information re assistance.
- Secs. 51-81e to 51-81g.
- Sec. 51-81h. Escrow agreement not invalid when attorney-at-law, law firm or agent is escrow holder.
- Secs. 51-82 and 51-83. Admission to examination of attorneys admitted to practice in other states. Examination of veterans for admission.
- Sec. 51-84. Attorneys subject to rules.
- Sec. 51-85. Authority and powers of commissioners of the Superior Court.
- Sec. 51-86. Soliciting persons to institute actions for damages.
- Sec. 51-87. Solicitation of cases for attorneys.
- Sec. 51-87a. Limitations on written communications to prospective clients.
- Sec. 51-87b. Attorneys and persons affiliated with attorneys prohibited from referring persons to real estate brokers, salespersons, or mortgage brokers or lenders, for fee or commission. Penalties.
- Sec. 51-88. Practice of law by persons not attorneys.
- Sec. 51-89. State marshal or constable not to act as attorney in court.
- Sec. 51-89a. Complaint and hearing required for suspension or disbarment.
- Sec. 51-90. State-Wide Grievance Committee. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
- Sec. 51-90a. Powers and duties of State-Wide Grievance Committee.
- Sec. 51-90b. Grievance panels. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
- Sec. 51-90c. State-Wide Bar Counsel.
- Sec. 51-90d. Grievance counsel and investigators. Powers and duties of grievance counsel.
- Sec. 51-90e. Filing of complaint alleging attorney misconduct. Referral to grievance panel.
- Sec. 51-90f. Investigation and determination by grievance panel of attorney misconduct.
- Sec. 51-90g. Review of panel's determination by subcommittee or State-Wide Grievance Committee.
- Sec. 51-90h. Decision of State-Wide Grievance Committee.
- Sec. 51-91. Compelling testimony of witnesses. Contempt.
- Sec. 51-91a. Hearing re eligibility to continue practice of law for attorney convicted of felony. Order. Suspension. Appointment of trustee.
- Sec. 51-91b. Applicability of grievance procedures. Transfer of pending matters.
- Sec. 51-91c. Posting of signs concerning attorney grievance procedures.
- Sec. 51-92. Grievance committees; fees and expenses.
- Sec. 51-93. Reinstatement of attorneys.
- Sec. 51-94. Evidence in proceedings to suspend, displace or remove attorneys-at-law.
- Sec. 51-94a. Limitation on liability of attorney appointed to inventory files and protect interests of clients of inactive, suspended, disbarred or resigned attorney.
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