A prominent Danbury-based civil rights attorney said her one-year suspension from the Connecticut bar was racially motivated and retaliatory.
In a wide-ranging interview Monday morning with the Connecticut Law Tribune, Josephine Smalls Miller, an attorney for 40 years, including 16 years in Connecticut, said she was singled out for offenses that white attorneys routinely wouldn’t get disciplined for. That, in fact, is the crux of her argument as Miller, who is black, prepares to appear before the Connecticut Supreme Court Jan. 22 for oral argument in Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]