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Phil Russell an attorney no more

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Gideon

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Although he hasn’t been sentenced yet, Phil Russell has been suspended from the practice of law for six months.

State Superior Court Judge Richard Robinson approved an agreement between Philip Dale Russell, 48, and the judicial branch¹s Statewide Grievance Committee in Stamford yesterday to suspend Russell’s law license for six months, according to Marc A. Dubois, chief disciplinary counsel for Connecticut.

“We think it is an appropriate disciplinary response to the facts of the case,” Dubois said. Robert Casale, a Branford attorney representing Russell, said the Grievance Committee could lengthen the on how much jail or probation time Russell receives. It would be unorthodox for the Grievance Committee to readmit Russell during his period of probation, Casale said.

My thoughts on this are well known. It is sad that it had to come to this.

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Comment by Scott Greenfield
2007-12-01 06:20:32

I don’t think they had any other option but to act given the plea. But suspension, rather than disbarment, speaks volumes to me. It speaks well of your grievance committee.

 
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