Nip And Tuck

An attorney’s texts to his DUI client led to a public reprimand by the Arizona Presiding Disciplinary Judge.

The client had paid a $4,500 non-refundable fee. 

After the attorney had done work for the fee, he texted her

May I come tuck you in before you go to sleep tonight?

The client demurred, citing a test she needed to study for.

“His flirtatious texting continued.”

After one text, the client got texts from the attorney’s wife that were “rude, uncalled for, and caused by [the attorney’s] actions.”

Curious readers can peruse the various communications in the attachment to the stipulations.

The client blocked the wife and asked him to “keep her out of the drama he was causing.”

“He didn’t.”

The exchanges made her “uncomfortable” (unsurprisingly, as the wife accused her of sleeping with her husband and repeatedly used the pejorative “hoe”).

She retained successor counsel.

The attorney must also refund $1,500 of the fee. (Mike Frisch)