Lawyers not required to report malpractice claims against them in Colorado

The Denver Post: Dozens of lawsuits filed against lawyers across Colorado — including malpractice cases whose plaintiffs are themselves lawyers — have been hidden from the public for years, keeping secret the details of any alleged misconduct and misdeeds.

The lawsuits have been suppressed, at least one of them forever, by the judges who presided over them and typically at the request of the lawyers being sued, The Denver Post found. The bulk were sealed at the time a settlement was reached, records show.

In several cases, The Post learned, the defendant lawyers were concerned that potentially negative information about them could be made public — one worried that future clients would avoid her because of the allegations in the lawsuit — according to interviews and copies of documents from several suppressed cases shared with the newspaper.

Dozens of lawsuits filed against lawyers across Colorado — including malpractice cases whose plaintiffs are themselves lawyers — have been hidden from the public for years, keeping secret the details of any alleged misconduct and misdeeds.

The lawsuits have been suppressed, at least one of them forever, by the judges who presided over them and typically at the request of the lawyers being sued, The Denver Post found. The bulk were sealed at the time a settlement was reached, records show.

In several cases, The Post learned, the defendant lawyers were concerned that potentially negative information about them could be made public — one worried that future clients would avoid her because of the allegations in the lawsuit — according to interviews and copies of documents from several suppressed cases shared with the newspaper.

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