Ganim rejected in attempt to regain law license

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim”™s latest effort to have his law license reinstated was rejected by a panel of Superior Court judges.

Ganim received his law degree in 1983 from the University of Bridgeport Law School (now the Quinnipiac University School of Law) and was in private practice until he was first elected mayor in 1991. His law license was suspended in 2003 when he was convicted on corruption charges. He later served seven years in prison sentence followed by a period of three years of supervised release before making a dramatic political comeback by winning the Bridgeport mayoralty in 2015.

Since regaining the office of mayor, Ganim has made several unsuccessful attempts to reinstate his law license. Last Friday, the judges agreed with the recommendation of the Standing Committee on Recommendations for Admissions to the Bar in Hartford County to maintain the suspension.

“There is sufficient evidence in the record supporting the standing committee’s finding that the evidence of the applicant’s recent good moral conduct and rehabilitation was still insufficient for it to conclude that the applicant possesses the highest qualities and traits that the present fitness to practice law demands,” said the judges in their decision.

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