Doe v. Statewide Grievance Committee

The majority concludes that the failure of the defendant, the statewide grievance committee (committee), to comply with the time requirements of General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 51-90g (g)1 and Practice Book § 27J (i),2 does not deprive *686the committee of subject matter jurisdiction to act on a grievance complaint alleging attorney misconduct.3 In other words, according to the majority, the committee may permissibly pursue a grievance complaint well beyond the four month time limitation specifically provided in § 51-90g (g). I disagree.

I agree with the majority that we have a special…