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Conn. Practice Book § 2-79

Enforcement of Payment of Fee

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(a) The client security fund committee shall

send a notice to each attorney who has not paid

the client security fund fee pursuant to Section 2-

70 of these rules that the attorney’s license to

practice law in this state may be administratively

suspended unless within sixty days from the date

of such notice the client security fund committee

receives from such attorney proof that he or she

has either paid the fee or is exempt from such

payment. If the client security fund committee

does not receive such proof within the time

required, it shall cause a second notice to be

sent to the attorney advising the attorney that he

or she will be referred to the Superior Court for

an administrative suspension of the attorney’s

license to practice law in this state unless within

thirty days from the date of the notice proof of the

payment of the fee or exemption is received. The

client security fund committee shall submit to the

clerk of the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial

District a list of attorneys who did not provide proof

of payment or exemption, within thirty days after

the date of the second notice. Upon order of the

court, the attorneys so listed and referred to the

clerk shall be deemed administratively suspended

from the practice of law in this state until such

time as payment of the fee and the reinstatement

fee assessed pursuant to Section 2-70 is made,

which suspension shall be effective upon publication of the list in the Connecticut Law Journal.

An administrative suspension of an attorney for

failure to pay the client security fund fee shall not

be considered discipline, but an attorney who is

placed on administrative suspension for such failure shall be ineligible to practice law as an attorney admitted to practice in this state, and shall

not be considered in good standing pursuant to

Section 2-65 of these rules until such time as the

fee and reinstatement fee are paid. An attorney

aggrieved by an order placing the attorney on

administrative suspension for failing to pay the

client security fund fee may make an application

to the Superior Court to have the order vacated,

by filing the application with the Superior Court for

the Hartford Judicial District within thirty days of

the date that the order is published, and mailing

a copy of the same by certified mail, return receipt

requested, to the office of the client security fund

committee. The application shall set forth the reasons why the application should be granted. The

court shall schedule a hearing on the application,

which shall be limited to whether good cause

exists to vacate the suspension order.

(b) If a judge, judge trial referee, state referee,

family support magistrate or administrative law

judge has not paid the client security fund fee,

the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall

send a notice to such person that he or she will

be referred to the Judicial Review Council unless

within sixty days from the date of such notice the

Office of the Chief Court Administrator receives

from such person proof that he or she has either

paid the fee or is exempt from such payment. If

the Office of the Chief Court Administrator does

not receive such proof within the time required, it

shall refer such person to the Judicial Review

Council.

(c) Family support referees shall be subject to

the provisions of subsection (a) herein until such

time as they come within the jurisdiction of the

Judicial Review Council, when they will be subject

to the provisions of subsection (b).

(d) The notices required by this section shall

be mailed to the last address registered by the

attorney and sent by email to the last email

address registered by the attorney pursuant to

Section 2-26 and Section 2-27 (d), and mailed to

the home address of the judge, judge trial referee,

state referee, family support magistrate, family

support referee or administrative law judge.

History

(Adopted June 29, 1998, to take effect Jan. 1, 1999; amended June 20, 2005, to take effect Jan. 1, 2006; amended June 15, 2012, to take effect Jan. 1, 2013; amended June 9, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024.)

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2026-09-15
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