Johnson v. Statewide Grievance Committee

Opinion

PALMER, J.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether an attorney against whom a grievance complaint has been filed with the statewide grievance committee (committee) must exhaust available administrative remedies before seeking judicial recourse from an adverse ruling of the committee.1 The plaintiff, Neil Johnson, an attorney, sought a permanent injunction in the Superior Court prohibiting the committee from taking any further action on a grievance complaint that had been filed against him. The committee moved to dismiss the plaintiffs action, claiming that the court…