AC44763 - Office of Chief
Disciplinary Counsel v. Wynne (“On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the court improperly
(1) approved the applications to become the defendant’s supervising attorneys
in light of their proposal to supervise the defendant remotely and (2) held
that, pursuant to Practice Book § 2-47B, a court may expressly permit, by
written order, a deactivated attorney who is employed by a supervising attorney
in the role of paralegal or legal assistant to communicate with clients and
third parties regarding matters that are the subject of representation by the
supervising attorney or his or her firm, provided that the communication does
not amount to engaging in the practice of law. During the pendency of this
appeal, however, the trial court granted a motion to terminate the supervising
attorney relationships at issue. As such, we ordered the parties to file
supplemental briefs addressing whether this appeal should be dismissed as moot.
In their briefs, the parties argue that the appeal is not moot under the ‘capable
of repetition, yet evading review’ exception to the mootness doctrine. We are
not persuaded that this exception applies and, therefore, dismiss this appeal
for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”)