For what purpose are you “claiming” anything? I have not, and will not, claim a profile with AVVO or any other organization. As an attorney, you had a duty to yourself to find out if you could un-claim a profile. If you failed to invoke this important step, then nobody is going to “un-damn” you. Consider this:

If a client approached you to for a recommendation on claiming a profile on a website where the outcome of that claim from now through perpetuity will be beyond that person’s control, what’s your advice? I think we all know the answer. Quite honestly, if I was seeking my own attorney I would expressly rule-out any attorney who claimed their profile on AVVO. If the attorney is playing Russian Roulette with his or her own life, what is s/he going to do for me as a client? Positively frightening.