A new report suggests that the State's Office of Lawyer Regulation is failing the public (h/t Lawyerist). Of particular concern is the large backlog of grievances. According to the report:
[T]he workload demand increased from 1,896 new grievances in fiscal year 2007 to 2,677 in fiscal year 2012, an increase of 40%. During the past two years, OLR has reduced the number of pending formal investigations by 150. This year, funds were budgeted for further reduction in the caseload . . .