Avvo maintains a website that invites people to make statements about lawyers, even if the people make anonymous statements. That is fine, but in one instance a person who says he is a convicted felon gives his name and makes defamatory statements about a lawyer. The lawyer discovers the posting and notifies Avvo several times that the lawyer has never represented the person who claims to have been represented by the lawyer. Can Avvo be sued successfully and sued in the jurisdiction wherein the lawyer maintains his practice?
