A former Westport immigration attorney suspended for two years for mishandling cases for two clients, has resigned after learning there were 34 grievance complaints filed against her.

After attorney Judith Sporn was suspended in 2015, trustee Hamza Ma'Ayergi went through the status of her current cases and notified the attorney's clients she was suspended. Soon after Sporn's current cases were reviewed, the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel filed 34 grievance complaints against her. Most of those complaint involved Sporn receiving payments for work that was never completed or started.

The latest reports from the Statewide Grievance Committee shows that Sporn, a solo practitioner since 1982, subsequently resigned from the bar.

One such case was of Luis Enclada, who paid Sporn $2,685 to represent him in an immigration matter. The committee found she failed to file the paperwork or pursue the issue.

Sporn was suspended in 2015 for failing to provide adequate representation to two clients, which resulted in those clients being detained for more than a year by immigration officials. At the time, Judge Donna Heller wrote: “The respondent's failure to represent her clients competently and diligently caused them significant injury.”

At issue in 2015 were the case of Vincent Kolami and Adrian Emin who are Albanian citizens and brothers-in-law who owned a construction business and lived in Prospect, according to the committee. Kolami and Emin visited Sporn several times a month from 2003 to 2011 to discuss their immigration status, and both paid Sporn $2,500.

Emin came to the U.S. on a visitor's visa in about 2000 and applied for political asylum, which was denied in 2003. Kolami came to the U.S. at about the same time on a visitor's visa with his wife and son, and their application for political asylum was also denied in 2003. The men said Sporn informed them the paperwork was documented and had been filed.

Sporn, though, was suspended by the judge for inaction on behalf of her clients.

“At no time between August 2003 and August 2011 did (Sporn) contact the Board of Immigration Appeals to determine the status of Emin's appeal or the Kolamis' appeal,” Heller wrote at the time. “Had she done so, she would have learned that the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily dismissed the Kolamis' appeal on May 13, 2004, and dismissed Mr. Emin's appeals on the merits in 2004.”

The Connecticut Law Tribune reported at the time that Heller wrote, “They were deprived (while detained by immigration officials) of their livelihood, their families and their liberty. They were forced to incur legal expenses to retain new counsel.”

Alexander Schwartz, a solo practitioner from Southport, represents Sporn. Schwartz did not respond to a request for comment Monday.

Karyl Carrasquilla, office of the chief disciplinary counsel, declined to comment Monday.