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An attorney admitted to practice in 2009 was suspended for five years for engaging in sexual relations with a client in a domestic relations matter.

He sent three clients explicit text messages that included photographs of his erect penis.

He advised one client that he had had a vasectomy and thus that she could”ride bareback” with him.

The Disciplinary Hearing Commission found that the clients were vulnerable and that the explicit photographs demonstrated “a lack of judgment and integrity.”

Two of the clients indicated that they had less trust in lawyers as a result of their interactions with the attorney.

The attorney also wrote off fees for one client without authority to do so from his firm and lied about his  conduct to disciplinary authorities.

The commission concluded that disbarment was not required. Rather, he may seek reinstatement after five years if can satifies the numerous conditions set forth in the order. (Mike Frisch)