ganim also sought restoration of his license to practice law. in 2012, a five-member panel of the state of connecticut grievance committee recommended that ganim's license be restored. in september 2012, a three-judge panel of connecticut superior court judges rejected the recommendation, writing that: "allowing an applicant to be readmitted to the practice of law following a conviction on 16 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, mail fraud, bribery and filing false income tax returns without any apology, expression of remorse, or explanation, and with only a vague acceptance of an unspecified event, simply would set the bar for readmission too low in the state, and we are unwilling to do that." ganim appealed to the connecticut supreme court in 2014, which unanimously ruled against his effort to have his law license restored. in 2017, ganim applied to the u.s. district court for the district of connecticut for permission to practice in that federal court without being readmitted to the connecticut bar; these efforts were rebuffed by the court.