Opinion ID: 2333768
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Shea and Deborah

Text: In 1996 Shea began helping Deborah in a medical insurance matter not involving her family. Deborah did not recall whether she signed an engagement letter with Shea, nor was she certain if or when Shea actually represented her as an attorney in that matter. Deborah recalled that about this time both Shea and David, separately in passing, mentioned that Shea represented David on a small matter. Sometime in 1997 Deborah told Shea of David's escalating abuse and the damage it was causing Deborah, her mother, and her sisters. After these discussions with Shea, Deborah retained another attorney to represent her. From this point until July 2005, Shea and Deborah continued to discuss her problems with David. In July 2005, shortly after David initiated the partnership litigation, Shea and Deborah signed an engagement letter for Shea to represent Deborah. The engagement letter reflected that Shea intended to assist [Deborah and her attorney] in meeting, countering and destroying [David's] vicious actions and allegations and that David's vicious history of assaultive behavior on [Deborah] emotionally and physically has been and is being documented by [Shea]. Shea subsequently requested records from the State about David's medical license surrender, but was denied access. [5] Beginning in February 2007 Shea sent several ethics complaints about David's attorneys to the Bar Association. In June 2007 Shea received verbal permission from Bar Counsel to disclose those complaints to Deborah's other attorneys. Shea then filed, in the trust litigation, redacted versions of the complaints as exhibits to a 72-page motion for Attorney O's disqualification as David's attorney and for sanctions, damages, and attorneys' fees. [6] Superior Court Judge Mark Rindner, presiding over the trust litigation, struck the motion, stating it was not helpful and was the worst pleading he had seen in seven years on the bench, but he allowed Shea to file a new motion. Shea filed a new motion for Attorney O's disqualification and it was denied. In December 2007 Attorney T requested Shea's immediate withdrawal in the trust suit due to a conflict of interest. In May 2008 Shea sent letters to the Anchorage Police Department, Alaska Department of Public Safety, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Alaska State Medical Board alleging that David was engaged in criminal conduct. Shea also filed, in the trust litigation, a [m]emorandum defining corrupt judicial stalking and opposition to motion to disqualify Wev Shea in which he accused David of focusing his abusive, bullying `hate' on Deborah; nearly four pages were devoted to describing Shea's own education and professional history in support of his claims. In June 2008 Shea argued that [David] and his counsel are involved in a conspiracy in furtherance of criminal conduct and fraud and that they had engaged in criminal acts. The superior court ordered Shea to withdraw from the case in June 2008.