Free Presentment for Discipline - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT v. WILLIAM L. ANKERMAN

: No. 3:02GP19(PCD) : : : : : : March 2, 2005

PRESENTMENT

To The Honorable United States District Court for the District of Connecticut comes the Grievance Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, duly appointed and qualified, and makes presentment to said Court by its Counsel, Hugh F. Murray, III that William L. Ankerman, a member of the Bar of said Court, has been guilty of misconduct involving his character, integrity, professional standing and conduct, and makes complaint and says: 1. William L. Ankerman, respondent, is an attorney-at-law, having been duly admitted

to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on June 9, 1975. 2. On October 1, 2002 the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut convicted

respondent. The records of the Court are attached as Exhibit A. 3. Under Local Rule 83.2(e), when an attorney is convicted of a serious crime, counsel

for the Grievance Committee must institute a Presentment in the manner specified in paragraph (d) of Rule 83.2 petitioning this Court to determine the appropriate level of discipline. All appeals, including a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, have been exhausted.

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WHEREFORE, the said Committee prays that an Order may issue to William L. Ankerman to answer this Presentment and to appear and show cause why he should not be suspended from the bar of this Court, or otherwise disciplined for the reasons set forth above, and that such proceeding may be had on this Presentment as is provided for in Local Rule 83.2(c) and (f). Dated at Hartford, Connecticut this 2nd day of March 2005.

THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

By/s/ Hugh F. Murray, III Hugh F. Murray, III ­ ct11418 Murtha Cullina LLP CityPlace I - 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103-3469 Telephone: (860) 240-6000 Facsimile: (860) 240-6150 Email: [email protected]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Presentment was mailed first-class, postage prepaid, on this 2nd day of March 2005, to: William L. Ankerman, Esq. 37 Montclair Drive West Hartford, CT 06107 Peter W. Benner, Esq. Benner Resolutions, LLC 16 Wardwell Road West Hartford, CT 06103

/s/ Hugh F. Murray, III Hugh F. Murray, III ­ ct11418

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