In-house Counsel
Lawyer’s Fake Letter Complaining About Boss Puts Her in Hot Water
Posted Jun 30, 2008, 02:09 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
Attorney Maureen Duggan wasn't happy with her boss at a state agency in Connecticut. But she was afraid that openly complaining about him could put her job at risk.
So she drafted a letter in 2004 that was written to appear as if the sender were a parking lot attendant complaining about Duggan's boss. She decided it wouldn't be right to send it, she says in court documents. However, when she told her husband of that decision, he misunderstood and thought she meant he should send it—and he did, reports the Connecticut Law Tribune in an article reprinted in New York Lawyer (reg. req.).
That letter sparked an investigation that led to Duggan's boss, former state… Continue reading...
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