(a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint attorneys to serve as grievance counsel for grievance panels and shall appoint one or more investigators. The investigators shall be under the supervision of the State-Wide Bar Counsel and shall serve the State-Wide Grievance Committee, the reviewing subcommittees of the State-Wide Grievance Committee and the grievance panels. Grievance counsel and investigators shall serve for a term of one year commencing July first. Any vacancy in the position of grievance counsel or investigator shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court for the unexpired portion of the term. Compensation of the grievance counsel and investigator shall be established by, and paid from funds appropriated to, the Judicial Department. Such appointees may be placed on the Judicial Department payroll or be paid on a contractual basis.

(b) Grievance counsel shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To investigate all complaints received by a grievance panel from the State-Wide Bar Counsel or State-Wide Grievance Committee involving alleged misconduct of an attorney subject to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court;

(2) To assist a grievance panel in all matters under its jurisdiction; and

(3) To assist a reviewing subcommittee of the State-Wide Grievance Committee in conducting hearings when such assistance is determined to be necessary by the State-Wide Grievance Committee.

(P.A. 86-276, S. 5, 15; P.A. 88-152, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 88-152 added Subsec. (b)(3) giving grievance counsel the power and duty to assist a reviewing subcommittee in conducting hearings.

Cited. 213 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.