Glen “G” Matthews is a former prosecutor and current partner at Dimock Matthews, a Denver defense firm. (Dimock Matthews)
On May 9 of last year, a concerning email landed in the spam folder of Dianna Hunter, human resources director for Eversheds Sutherland, one of the world’s largest law firms.
The email, purportedly from Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, warned that an Eversheds attorney, Doug Leary, was practicing law without a license and under investigation.
But that email from [email protected] was an amateurish fake. It was actually written by Glen “G” Matthews, a Denver defense attorney who is married to Leary’s ex-wife and had been sending harassing texts to Leary for several months.
The texts, which made liberal use of the f-word, falsely accused Leary of being a sex criminal and an “obvious, closeted homosexual.” Matthews, a former Denver prosecutor, threatened to have Leary investigated by police and charged by prosecutors who Matthews knows.
Matthews had taken issue with Leary’s decision to not delete an Instagram post from six years prior that included a photo of Leary and his then-wife on their wedding day. Matthews dubiously claimed that Leary had violated the state’s revenge porn law by not deleting it.
Four days before Matthews sent the email to Hunter, Leary had obtained a restraining order. Boulder County Judge Zachary Malkinson wrote on May 5, 2022, that the order was “appropriate” in order “to prevent (Matthews’) threatened bodily harm/stalking” of Leary.
As a result of his harassing texts and phony email, Matthews was investigated by the same state agency that he had falsely claimed to be from. The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel accused him of violating rules that prohibit lawyers from using deceit and threats.
On Tuesday, Matthews admitted sending the phony email and the harassing text messages as part of a settlement with the disciplinary office. Disciplinary Judge Bryon Large then placed his law license on probation for three years. If Matthews breaks more ethics rules or violates the terms of his restraining order, his license will be suspended for six months.
Matthews and his attorney, David Beller with the Recht Kornfeld law firm in Denver, did not respond to requests to comment on the punishment this week.
Matthews is one half of the Denver defense law firm Dimock Matthews; the other half is his wife, Whiting Dimock. He was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2016 and had not been disciplined by the Office of Attorney Regulation before this week’s decision.
Glen “G” Matthews is a former prosecutor and current partner at Dimock Matthews, a Denver defense firm. (Dimock Matthews)
On May 9 of last year, a concerning email landed in the spam folder of Dianna Hunter, human resources director for Eversheds Sutherland, one of the world’s largest law firms.
The email, purportedly from Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, warned that an Eversheds attorney, Doug Leary, was practicing law without a license and under investigation.
But that email from [email protected] was an amateurish fake. It was actually written by Glen “G” Matthews, a Denver defense attorney who is married to Leary’s ex-wife and had been sending harassing texts to Leary for several months.
The texts, which made liberal use of the f-word, falsely accused Leary of being a sex criminal and an “obvious, closeted homosexual.” Matthews, a former Denver prosecutor, threatened to have Leary investigated by police and charged by prosecutors who Matthews knows.
Matthews had taken issue with Leary’s decision to not delete an Instagram post from six years prior that included a photo of Leary and his then-wife on their wedding day. Matthews dubiously claimed that Leary had violated the state’s revenge porn law by not deleting it.
Four days before Matthews sent the email to Hunter, Leary had obtained a restraining order. Boulder County Judge Zachary Malkinson wrote on May 5, 2022, that the order was “appropriate” in order “to prevent (Matthews’) threatened bodily harm/stalking” of Leary.
As a result of his harassing texts and phony email, Matthews was investigated by the same state agency that he had falsely claimed to be from. The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel accused him of violating rules that prohibit lawyers from using deceit and threats.
On Tuesday, Matthews admitted sending the phony email and the harassing text messages as part of a settlement with the disciplinary office. Disciplinary Judge Bryon Large then placed his law license on probation for three years. If Matthews breaks more ethics rules or violates the terms of his restraining order, his license will be suspended for six months.
Matthews and his attorney, David Beller with the Recht Kornfeld law firm in Denver, did not respond to requests to comment on the punishment this week.
Matthews is one half of the Denver defense law firm Dimock Matthews; the other half is his wife, Whiting Dimock. He was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2016 and had not been disciplined by the Office of Attorney Regulation before this week’s decision.
