Posted on 04/09/2005 9:07:59 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
SEATTLE (AP) -- The state Supreme Court on Thursday announced a two-year suspension for a lawyer caught having jailhouse sex with a triple-murder defendant she was representing.
Theresa Olson's suspension begins Friday; she must undergo a psychological evaluation before she can be reinstated.
Earlier, Olson and the state Bar Association had agreed to a one-year suspension, but the high court rejected the bar's recommendation.
In 2002, guards outside a King County Jail conference room saw Olson with her dress pulled up and her client, Sebastian Burns, standing behind her with his pants down. At the time of the encounter, Olson was 43 and married; Burns was 26.
Olson was removed from the case, and Burns was given new counsel. He was convicted last year, along with a friend, of beating the friend's sister and parents to death at their Bellevue home in 1994.
Olson's lawyer, David Allen, did not immediately return a call seeking comment after business hours Thursday.
He said she was only providing a half-@ssed defense.
Yeah, this is Washington State, isn't it?
Bride of Frankenstein.
He could have done better on the inside.
What kind of foundation pays an attorney to only have ONE client for three years?
Yikes! Definitely a triple-bagger.
Yep. It can only happen here in the Peoples Republic of Washinton. Where my vote for Rossi was ignored and where elections are rigged.
scary looking dude with a a wig in post 30
He was sent straight to the optometrist for an emergency vision test.
The state's code of ethics for lawyers has long barred such relationships implicitly, but it wasn't until three years ago that it was amended to expressly forbid them. Legal experts say there are numerous reasons for banning such affairs, such as the possibility that emotional attachment might cloud judgment when it comes to legal strategy and that the client's defense could be jeopardized if the relationship turns sour.Yes, the problems of jailhouse lawyers are mounting. Well, at least SHE had that problem, it seems.
A: Their personalities.
A: Their personalities.
She described it as 'a hug gone bad.' I gotta work on some more 'hugs gone bad!' ;-)
Yeah, he thought it was carrott-top
I would imagine that after some time in prison, sex with practically any female looks better than sex with bubba
So you're thinking Michael Jackson is going to get off, or he already did?
LMAO
The state's Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers prohibit "sexual relations" between clients and their counsel, unless there was a pre-existing sexual relationship. Sanders argued that the term "sexual relations" refers only to male-female vaginal intercourse and cited a dictionary definition of "coitus."
Sanders' dissent was reminiscent of the definition former President Bill Clinton relied on when he famously denied having "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky.
Looks like the "Affirmative Defense of Implied Buggery" didn't wash with the court.
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