Doe v. Statewide Grievance Committee

*251 Opinion

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether an attorney against whom a grievance complaint has been filed with the statewide grievance committee (committee) must exhaust available administrative remedies before seeking judicial recourse from an adverse ruling of the committee. The plaintiff attorney, proceeding anonymously, appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying his request permanently to enjoin the committee from proceeding with a public hearing on certain alleged violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The committee moved to dismiss this action,…