Sex, Texts And Disbarment

The North Carolina Superior Court accepted the consent disbarment of an attorney admitted in 1998

In and after 2011, Greene sent electronic messages to clients containing sexual and sexually-suggestive subject matter during the existence of the attorney-client relationship and had sexual relations as defined in Rule of Professional Conduct 1.19( d) with clients during the existence of the attorney-client relationship. Several of these clients with whom he had sexual relations are currently his clients, and all of these clients were immigration clients and were especially vulnerable.

The Charlotte Observer reported

A Charlotte attorney has been disbarred after admitting he slept with an undisclosed number of his immigration clients who were “especially vulnerable.”

Christopher Greene surrendered his law license after being confronted with the results of disciplinary investigation by the N.C. State Bar.

In documents filed this month in Wake County Superior Court, Greene admitted that over the past five years he has had sex with current and former clients, “and that all of these clients were immigration clients and were especially vulnerable.”

Greene also admitted sending “sexual and sexually suggestive” messages to his clients despite his professional relationship with them, court filings indicate. The complaint does not include further details.

Greene was disbarred on Jan. 12. He joined the state bar in 1998. As part of his punishment, he cannot ask to have his law license restored for at least five years. Greene operated a law firm, Greene & Associates, on Executive Center Drive in Charlotte.