C.R.C.P. 232.5. — Legal Regulation Committee

(a) Legal Regulation Committee. The Legal Regulation Committee (Regulation Committee) is a permanent committee of the supreme court. See C.R.C.P. 242.4. (b) Powers and Duties. In addition to the powers and duties set forth in C.R.C.P. 242.4, the Regulation Committee is authorized and empowered to act in accordance with this rule by: (1) Requesting investigations under C.R.C.P. 232.9(a); (2) Determining under C.R.C.P. 232.12(a) whether to authorize filing petitions for injunction or contempt, to authorize stipulations with respondents, to place proceedings in abeyance, to direct further investigation, or to dismiss proceedings with or without conditions; (3) Reviewing dismissals by the Regulation Counsel under C.R.C.P. 232.11(b); and (4) Recommending to the Advisory Committee proposed changes to C.R.C.P. 232.

(c) Disqualification. Regulation Committee members must refrain from taking part in a proceeding under this rule in which a judge, similarly situated, would be required to disqualify. A Regulation Committee member must also refrain from making determinations under C.R.C.P. 232.12 where a lawyer associated with the member's law firm is in any way connected with the matter pending before the Regulation Committee. (d) Special Counsel. If the Regulation Counsel has been disqualified or if other circumstances so warrant, the Regulation Committee or its Chair may appoint special counsel to conduct or to assist with investigations and prosecutions in accordance with C.R.C.P. 232.6(c).