Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Statewide Grievance Committee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 23, 1996No. 15184PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this case is the proper construction and application of rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct1 to the voluntary disclosure by an attorney of allegedly confidential information received by the attorney in the course of his professional representation. In response to the filing of a complaint by the grievants, Piyasena and Charika Hewawasam, the statewide grievance committee determined that the plaintiff, F. Woodward Lewis, Jr., an attorney at law, had improperly disclosed information relating to his representation of the grievants, his for*695mer clients. Pursuant to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pinsky v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Pet v. Department of Health ServicesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. PresnickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- In re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Keeney v. Town of Old SaybrookSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Briggs v. McWeenySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Notopoulos v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Somers v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Johnson v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
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