(a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint one or more grievance panels in each judicial district, each consisting of two members of the bar who do not maintain an office for the practice of law in such judicial district and one nonattorney who resides in such judicial district, and shall designate as an alternate member a member of the bar who does not maintain an office for the practice of law in such judicial district.(b) Of the members first appointed, one member shall serve for a term of one year, one member shall serve for a term of two years, and one member and the alternate member shall serve for a term of three years. Thereafter, all members shall serve for a term of three years commencing July first. Any vacancy in the membership of a panel shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court which shall appoint an attorney-at-law or nonattorney, depending on the position vacated, in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for the unexpired portion of the term.(c) An attorney who maintains an office for the practice of law in the same judicial district as a respondent may not participate as a member of a grievance panel concerning a complaint against that respondent.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90b
(P.A. 85-456, S. 3, 11; P.A. 86-276, S. 3, 15.)
Cited. 215 Conn. 162; Id., 469; 216 Conn. 228; 234 Conn. 539; 235 C. 693; 239 C. 449. Cited. 41 Conn.App. 671; judgment reversed, see 240 Conn. 671; 46 Conn.App. 450.