Divorce lawyer William Beslow has a clientele studded with celebrities and is known as the best in his field in New York. But none of that impressed a Connecticut judge who slapped him with nearly $35,000 in sanctions last week after he was accused of violating the rules to temporarily practice law here and spewing invective toward opposing attorneys.

In an unusual motion to revoke Beslow’s pro hac vice license, opposing counsel Guy Ferro of New Canaan and M. Hatcher “Reese” Norris of Hartford alleged Beslow was not truthful with the court concerning prior discipline.