Silver v. Statewide Grievance Committee

The defendant statewide grievance committee appeals from the judgments of the trial court sustaining two appeals by the plaintiff Alan Silver and vacating a reprimand issued by the defendant to the plaintiff in each case. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) sustained the plaintiffs appeals without articulating findings pursuant to Practice Book § 27N (f) that substantial rights of the plaintiff had been prejudiced, (2) determined that the plaintiff had no ethical duty to notify his clients’ no-fault insurance companies of his receipt of settlement proceeds on behalf of…