Silver v. Statewide Grievance Committee

BERDON, J.,

with whom MCDONALD, J., joins, concurring. I write separately in this important case because the issue goes to the heart of the attorney-client relationship, and the unusual decision by the defendant, the statewide grievance committee, would turn attorneys into collection agents for creditors of their clients. The majority, however, merely issues a per curiam decision dismissing the appeal on the ground that certification was improvidently granted because the specific statute involved in this case, General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 38a-369 (b), was repealed along with the entire…