Minnesota Lawyer Billed Client For The Hours He Spent Having Sex With Her

05.12.2013

Well, this one probably won't make the list of legal best practices.

A lawyer in Minnesota, Thomas P. Lowe, has been suspended after billing a client for the time he spent having sex with her.

From the complaint (pdf):

The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Thomas P. Lowe committed professional misconduct, namely, engaging in a sexual relationship with a vulnerable client and billing the client for meetings in which they engaged in sexual relations, in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(a) and (b), 1.7(a)(2), and 1.8(j).

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Hat tip: Business Insider