Angry that a former client sued him, 86-year-old New Britain-based attorney Jason Pearl released the woman's psychiatric medical records online to “embarrass” her, according to a court ruling.

Now, that action led a Superior Court judge to suspend Pearl from practicing law for two years, pausing—and possibly halting—a decadeslong career.

Read the full ruling here:

On Jan. 24, six weeks after Veronica Perakos sued Pearl, the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel said Pearl electronically filed a motion in limine in the malpractice action against him seeking to have Perakos declared “unfit to testify due to her psychiatric history, medical commitment, conservatorship and untruthfulness.” On the same day, Pearl e-filed a notice of compliance and attached Perakos' mental health records without Perakos' permission, according to the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel.

“The mental health records were accessible by the public once they were uploaded and e-filed in the legal malpractice action,” according to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel's presentment against Pearl. The legal malpractice action proceeded to a hearing in damages and, ultimately, a judgment for Perakos,