Lawyer Has Affair with Client, Bills her for the Sex

January 18, 2013 | News

(Daily Mail) A lawyer has been suspended after admitting to an affair with a client – and billing her for time they spent having sex, it was revealed last week.

Attorney Thomas Lowe had a six-month relationship with the woman he was representing in a divorce case.

The 58-year-old, who is married, began an affair with his client after complimenting on her appearance and talking about her sex life.

Illicit affair: Minnesota attorney Thomas Lowe, 58, has been suspended from practising law after he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable client… and billed her for the time

The pair embarked on an affair and met up on numerous occasions to have sex.

Documents obtained from Lowe’s office in Burnsville, Minnesota revealed that on the dates he was having sex he billed the women for his time and coded their liaisons as ‘meetings’ or ‘drafting memos’.

Lowe, from Eagan, Minnesota, eventually broke off the affair after several arguments with the woman in a bid to save his own marriage.

He also withdrew as her attorney leading to the woman, who had past abuse

and mental health issues, to try and kill herself. While she recovered in hospital she told authorities about the affair. (Keep reading the article…)

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