Feb. 25—A judge has found a Glastonbury lawyer "not currently incapacitated from continuing to practice law," but the lawyer still faces possible disciplinary action for what a state watchdog alleges are false statements he made about judges during the case over his capacity to practice law.
COMPETENT
LAWYER: Wesley S. Spears of Glastonbury
RULING: He has the capacity to practice law.
PENDING: Accusation that Spears violated ethical rules with allegations he made about judges during the case over his capacity
Lawyer Wesley S. Spears gave the Journal Inquirer a copy of a Feb. 10 order by Hartford Superior Court Judge Susan Quinn Cobb dismissing a petition by Connecticut's disciplinary counsel for lawyers that sought to have Spears placed on inactive status due to incapacity.
Online court records confirm that Cobb issued a partial judgment in the case Feb. 10, but the text of her order is unavailable online.
The copy of the order provided by Spears bases the decision to dismiss the petition for inactive status on a court-ordered evaluation of Spears by psychologist Andrew W. Meisler.
The judge said in a separate order that she had provided a copy of Meisler's evaluation to the disciplinary counsel's office and Spears. But she added that she had sealed it from public view because Spears' "right to medical and mental health treatment and ability to pursue a livelihood outweigh the public interest in open proceedings."
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