Legal Opinion
In re John Paul Faignant, Esq.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 8, 2019No. SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2019-093PublishedCited by 5 opinions
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1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ORDER
¶ 1. Petitioner filed a petition for extraordinary relief, asking this Court to order Bar Counsel to refer for investigation a complaint he made against an attorney. Bar Counsel moves to dismiss the petition. We grant his request. We agree with "every jurisdiction that has ever confronted" this issue and conclude that petitioner fails to "an allege injury sufficient to confer standing." Boyce v. N.C. State Bar , 814 S.E.2d 127 , 134 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018) (recognizing that many individuals have "taken issue with a state bar's failure to act on a disciplinary grievance and then sought…
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