​Stephen Brown (Partner-Stamford, CT) and Irena Maier (Associate-Stamford, CT) secured a defense victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, obtaining the dismissal of a complaint with prejudice in favor of Wilson Elser’s client, a Connecticut Attorney. In this action, the plaintiff alleged that our client, who represented the plaintiff’s adversary in an underlying matter, violated the plaintiff’s civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and engaged in conspiracy, racketeering, legal malpractice, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Steve and Irena filed a motion to dismiss on all counts. They argued that the plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted under Rule 12(b)(6) with respect to the conspiracy, racketeering and civil rights violation claims, and that the legal malpractice and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims were barred by Connecticut's litigation privilege doctrine, and therefore should be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1). Steve and Irena also filed additional moving papers challenging the plaintiff’s counterarguments. The court agreed with Wilson Elser’s arguments and granted the motion to dismiss in its entirety, dismissing the case with prejudice.