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¦ From STATE on PAGE 1 Cronin, former counsel for
or threaten to present criminal Connecticut Senate Republicans,
charges solely to obtain an advan- had previously been arrested and
tage in a civil matter.” charged with offenses related to
Arias is required to take one his tenure with Connecticut Sen-
credit hour of continuing legal ate Republicans.
education. The latest roundup shows In 2019, Cronin was charged
discipline cases from
Christopher Bacotti November 2020 to with one count of first-degree
larceny in connection with his al-
Connecticut and New York at- January 2021. leged dipping into the coffers of

torney Christopher Bacotti faces a the Senate Republican Leadership
presentment for an overdraft of his Committee over a five-year pe-
Connecticut Interest on Lawyers riod.
Trust Account, or IOLTA.
The SGC said Bacotti also failed
to safeguard clients’ funds and Keisha Gatison
New Haven solo practitioner
failed to make records available to the committee. Keisha Gatison faces a presentment in a dissolution-
of-marriage action and pending criminal matter. A
client paid Gatison a retainer fee of $1,750 for both
Thomas Cotter
Stratford solo practitioner Thomas Cotter has legal matters.
been reprimanded with conditions. The SGC says that on three separate occasions
Specific information on what led to Cotter’s rep- the attorney canceled appointments with her cli-
rimand wasn’t available at press time. But he must ent. In addition, the committee says Gatison failed
take four credit hours of continuing legal education to appear in court in connection with the divorce
in legal ethics. proceedings.
A reviewing committee of the SGC found Gatison
violated several RPCs.
Paul Cramer
Fairfield solo practitioner Paul Cramer faces a
presentment in a wrongful-termination case.
Daniel Greer
In Boczar v. Cramer, Cramer violated Rule 1.3 In Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Daniel
related to diligence in that he “failed to exercise rea- Greer, a court ordered Greer suspended from prac-
sonable diligence and promptness in representing ticing law for 15 years, effective Sept. 25, 2020, for his
his client by failing to file a reply to a motion for conviction on charges related to sexually assaulting
summary judgment.” a teenage student at his New Haven yeshiva, an Or-
thodox Jewish school where he was also the rabbi.
Greer was sentenced to a 20-year prison term,
Michael Cronin
Avon attorney Michael Cronin has been suspend- suspended after 12 years, for the offense, which in-
ed immediately from practicing law due to criminal cluded his conviction of four counts of risk of injury
charges he’s facing. to, or impairing the morals of, children.
Cronin faces up to five years in prison and a $5,000
fine for 26 counts of second-degree forgery and 12 Alisha Mathers
counts of third-degree identity theft involving real Enfield solo practitioner Alisha Mathers is facing
estate documents pertaining to the divorce from his a presentment for her conduct toward the court in a
first wife. He is also accused of forging the name of a divorce proceeding.
fellow attorney on a financial affidavit as it pertained The grievance complaint said court transcripts
to his divorce from his second wife. showed that Mathers, unhappy with how the

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