Rule 2-55. Retirement of Attorney—Right of Revocation

(a) An attorney who is admitted to the bar in the state of Connecticut and is not the subject of any pending disciplinary investigation may submit a written request on a form approved by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator to the statewide bar counsel for retirement under this section. Upon receipt of the request, the statewide bar counsel shall review it and, if it is found that the attorney is eligible for retirement under this section, shall grant the request and notify the attorney and the clerk for the judicial district of Hartford. Retirement shall not constitute removal from the bar or the roll of attorneys, but it shall be noted on the roll of attorneys kept by the clerk for the judicial district of Hartford. If the request is granted, the attorney shall no longer be eligible to practice law as an attorney admitted in the state of Connecticut, except as provided in subsection

(e) of this section.

(b) An attorney who has retired pursuant to this section shall thereafter be exempt from payment of the client security fund fee set forth in Section 2-70 (a), but must continue to comply with the registration requirements set forth in Sections 226 and 2-27 (d).

(c) An attorney who has retired pursuant to this section and thereafter wishes to revoke the retirement and be eligible to practice law again in the state of Connecticut may do so at any time by sending written notice to the clerk for the judicial district of Hartford and the statewide bar counsel.

(d) Retirement pursuant to this section shall not be a bar to the initiation, investigation and pursuit of disciplinary complaints filed on or subsequent to the date of retirement.

(e) An attorney who has retired pursuant to this section may engage in uncompensated services to clients under the supervision of an organized legal aid society, a state or local bar association project, or a court-affiliated pro bono program.

Committee Notes

(Amended June 14, 2013, to take effect Jan. 1, 2014.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 37.) (Amended Nov. 17, 1999, on an interim basis pursuant to Section 1-9 (c), to take effect Jan. 1, 2000, and amendment adopted June 26, 2000, to take effect Jan. 1, 2001; amended June 14, 2013, to take effect Jan. 1, 2014.)