Conn. Practice Book § 2-53

(a) An attorney who has been suspended from

the practice of law in this state for a period of one

year or more or has remained under suspension

pursuant to an order of interim suspension for a

period of one year or more shall be required to

apply for reinstatement in accordance with this

section, unless the court that imposed the discipline expressly provided in its order that such

application is not required. An attorney who has

been suspended for less than one year need not

file an application for reinstatement pursuant to

this section, unless otherwise ordered by the court

at the time the discipline was imposed.

(b) An attorney who was disbarred or resigned

shall be required to apply for reinstatement pursuant to this section, but shall not be eligible to do

so until after five years from the effective date

of disbarment or acceptance by the court of the

resignation, unless the court that imposed the discipline expressly provided a shorter period of disbarment or resignation in its order. No attorney

who has resigned from the bar and waived the

privilege of applying for readmission or reinstatement to the bar at any future time shall be eligible

to apply for readmission or reinstatement to the

bar under this rule.

(c) In no event shall an application for reinstatement by an attorney disbarred pursuant to the

provisions of Section 2-47A be considered until

after twelve years from the effective date of the

disbarment. No such application may be granted

unless the attorney provides satisfactory evidence

that full restitution has been made of all sums

found to be knowingly misappropriated, including,

but not limited to, restitution to the client security

fund for all claims paid resulting from the attorney’s dishonest misconduct.

(d) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an

application for reinstatement shall not be filed

until:

(1) The applicant is in compliance with Sections

2-27 (d), 2-70 and 2-80;

(2) The applicant is no longer the subject of any

pending disciplinary proceedings or investigations;

(3) The applicant has passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) not

more than six months prior to the filing of the application;

(4) The applicant has successfully completed

any criminal sentence including, but not limited

to, a sentence of incarceration, probation, parole,

supervised release, or period of sex offender registration and has fully complied with any orders

regarding conditions, restitution, criminal penalties or fines;

(5) The applicant has fully complied with all

conditions imposed pursuant to the order of discipline. If an applicant asserts that a certain disci -

plinary condition is impossible to fulfill, he or she

must apply to the court that ordered the condition

for relief from that condition prior to filing an application for reinstatement;

(6) The bar examining committee has received

an application fee. The fee shall be established

by the chief court administrator and shall be

expended in the manner provided by Section 2-

22 of these rules.

(e) An application for reinstatement shall be

filed with the clerk of the Superior Court in the

jurisdiction that issued the discipline. The application shall be filed under oath and on a form

approved by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. The application shall be accompanied by

proof of payment of the application fee to the bar

examining committee.

(f) The application shall be referred by the clerk

of the Superior Court where it is filed to the chief

justice or designee, who shall refer the matter to

a standing committee on recommendations for

admission to the bar whose members do not maintain their primary office in the same judicial district

as the applicant.

(g) The clerk of the Superior Court shall give

notice of the pendency of the application to the

state’s attorney of that court’s judicial district, the

grievance counsel to the grievance panel whose

jurisdiction includes that judicial district court location, the Statewide Grievance Committee, the

Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel, the client

security fund committee, the attorney or attorneys

appointed by the court pursuant to Section 2-64,

and to all complainants whose complaints against

the attorney resulted in the discipline for which the

attorney was disbarred or suspended or resigned.

The clerk shall also promptly publish notice on

the Judicial Branch website, in the Connecticut

Law Journal, and in a newspaper with substantial

distribution in the judicial district where the appli -

cation was filed.

(h) Within sixty days of the referral from the chief

justice to a standing committee, the Statewide

Grievance Committee and the Office of the Chief

Disciplinary Counsel shall file a report with the

standing committee, which report may include

additional relevant information, commentary in

the information provided in the application and

recommendations on whether the applicant should

be reinstated. Both the Statewide Grievance Committee and the Office of the Chief Disciplinary

Counsel may file an appearance and participate

in any investigation into the application and at any

hearing before the standing committee, and at

any court proceeding thereon. All filings by the

Statewide Grievance Committee and the Office

of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and any other

party shall be served and certified to all other

parties pursuant to Section 10-12.

(i) The standing committee shall investigate the

application, hold hearings pertaining thereto and

render a report with its recommendations to the

court. The standing committee shall give written

notice of all hearings to the applicant, the state’s

attorney of the court’s judicial district, the grievance counsel to the grievance panel whose jurisdiction includes that judicial district location where

the application was filed, the Statewide Grievance

Committee, the Office of the Chief Disciplinary

Counsel, the client security fund committee, the

attorney or attorneys appointed by the court pursuant to Section 2-64, and to all complainants

whose complaints against the attorney resulted

in the discipline for which the attorney was dis -

barred or suspended or resigned. The standing

committee shall also publish all hearing notices

on the Judicial Branch website, in the Connecticut

Law Journal and in a newspaper with substantial

distribution in the county where the application

was filed.

(j) The standing committee shall take all testi -

mony at its hearings under oath and shall include

in its report subordinate findings of facts and conclusions as well as its recommendation. The

standing committee shall have a record made of

its proceedings which shall include a copy of the

application for reinstatement, any reports filed by

the Statewide Grievance Committee and Office

of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel, a copy of the

record of the applicant’s disciplinary history, a

transcript of its hearings thereon, any exhibits

received by the standing committee, any other

documents considered by the standing committee

in making its recommendations, and copies of all

notices provided by the standing committee in

accordance with this section. Record materials

containing personal identifying information or

medical information may, in the discretion of the

standing committee, be redacted, or open for

inspection only to the applicant and other persons

having a proper interest therein and upon order of

the court. The standing committee shall complete

work on the application within 180 days of referral

from the chief justice. It is the applicant’s burden

to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence

that he or she possesses good moral character

and fitness to practice law as defined by Section

2-5A.

(k) Upon completion of its investigation, the

standing committee shall file its recommendation

in writing together with a copy of the record with

the clerk of the Superior Court. The report shall

recommend that the application be granted,

granted with conditions, or denied. The standing

committee’s report shall be served and certified

to all other parties pursuant to Section 10-12.

(l) The court shall thereupon inform the chief

justice of the pending application and recommendation, and the chief justice shall designate two

other judges of the Superior Court to sit with the

judge presiding at the session. The applicant, the

Statewide Grievance Committee, the Office of the

Chief Disciplinary Counsel and the standing committee shall have an opportunity to appear and

be heard at any hearing. The three judge panel,

or a majority of them, shall determine whether the

application should be granted.

(m) If the application for reinstatement is

denied, the reasons therefor shall be stated on

the record or put in writing. Unless otherwise

ordered by the court, the attorney may not reapply

for reinstatement for a period of at least one year

following the denial.