Sex With Client Charges In North Carolina

The North Carolina State Bar has filed a complaint that alleges misconduct by an attorney while represented a recently-released from custody client in her divorce.

The attorney is alleged to have engaged in a sexual relationship with the client that began after the representation had commenced (North Carolina Rule 1.19 prohibits such relationships), provided loans to the client, lied about past sexual relations with clients in a deposition and communicated with the client’s husband without the permission of his lawyer. (Mike Frisch)