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Brown said he immediately began to notify the In a statement, Chief State’s Attorney Richard
65 Connecticut members of the group of news of Colangelo Jr. called Santos “a true professional.”
Santos’ death, which he learned Tuesday through “Hubie was an outstanding litigator and a zeal-
LaLima. ous advocate for his clients,” Colangelo said. “He
“I received responses from a significant num- pushed hard to prevail for them in the courtroom
ber of members,” said Brown, who knew Santos so, as a prosecutor, you made sure you always dot-
for more than 30 years. “The responses I received ted your ‘I’s and crossed your ‘T’s when you were on
were all consistent, and that was that we lost one of a case with him. And he went about it as a gentle-
Connecticut’s best defense attorney and litigators. man and a true professional, so you always knew
But most importantly, they said we lost a man that that the trial would be based on facts and the evi-
was respected and well-liked by everyone in the dence. He wasn’t someone who was always trying to
legal community. The members of the American pull a fast one.” ■
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Giuliani Suspended From Practice of

Law in New York

By Jane Wester

udy Giuliani has been suspended from the “We are disappointed in the Court’s decision
practice of law in New York, according to a de- suspending Mr. Giuliani prior to being afforded
Rcision published Thursday by the First Judicial a hearing on the issues that are alleged, and we do
Department. not believe that our client poses a present danger to
“We conclude that there is uncontroverted evi- the public interest,” Kamins and Leventhal said in a
dence that [Giuliani] communicated demonstrably statement Thursday.
false and misleading statements to courts, lawmak- A hearing date has not yet been set, Kamins said.
ers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for According to the First Department’s per curiam
former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump decision, the interim suspension applied to Giuliani
campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at is a rare and serious step “available only in situations
reelection in 2020,” the appellate panel wrote. where it is immediately necessary to protect the
His suspension is effective immediately and con- public from the respondent’s violation of the Rule.”
tinues until disciplinary matters pending before the The only basis for such a suspension is “uncontro-
attorney grievance committee have concluded, ac- verted claims of professional misconduct.”
cording to the decision. “Consideration of these factors in this case leads
Giuliani, a former New York City mayor who has us to conclude that the AGC has made a showing
served as personal lawyer to ex-President Donald of an immediate threat to the public, justifying
Trump, is represented in the disciplinary proceed- respondent’s interim suspension,” the panel wrote.
ing by Barry Kamins and John Leventhal of Aidala “We find that there is evidence of continuing
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