Bloomberg Law
Feb. 16, 2018, 3:49 PM UTC

Dickstein Shapiro Lawyer Must Use Name to Sue Unum for Benefits

Jacklyn Wille

A Dickstein Shapiro LLP associate attorney can’t anonymously sue Unum Life Insurance Co. for disability benefits, a federal judge ruled.

The lawyer didn’t have a sufficiently compelling reason to keep her full name secret when suing the insurer over disputed disability payments, the judge said Feb. 15. The lawyer said she may later have trouble finding work in the legal field if potential employers can learn about this disability, but the judge said this fear wasn’t severe enough to justify granting the lawyer anonymity.

The judge said the lawyer failed to show that any prospective legal employer, or the legal ...

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