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Barbara Shea v. Connecticut Statewide Grievance Committee

Is the Connecticut Statewide Grievance Committee under a legal duty to remove truthful but damaging information about a lawyer from its website?  That's the situation in which Greenwich attorney Barbara Shea finds herself, according to a recent article from The Connecticut Law Tribune. (H/T to Susan Cartier Liebel at Build a Solo Practice.) Shea, an elder law attorney who also handles divorces, was the subject of several disciplinary actions between 1997 and 2002 and received three reprimands and a four-month suspension. Shea has served her time, but the records remain available online and continue to damage her business. Now, Shea is fighting back; she's filed a federal lawsuit against the Connecticut Statewide Grievance Committee alleging violations of free speech rights, invasion of privacy, unfair trade practices and tortious interference with contract...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 06, 2008 (boomark / email).