Lawyer suspended for accepting nude dances

MSNBC.com ^ | September 19, 2008 | AP

[kennedy]

CHICAGO - An attorney has been suspended for more than a year for accepting nude dances from a stripper as partial payment for the legal fees she owed him.

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on Thursday said Scott Robert Erwin will begin serving a 15-month suspension for misconduct next month.

Erwin, who practices in the northern Illinois city of DeKalb, and his client mutually agreed that she'd perform nude dances for him in his office as a way to reduce her legal fees, the commission's report said. He credited her for $534 toward his bill for services of various legal matters, the report said.

[reagan_fanatic]

Lawyer suspended for accepting nude dances

Did Clinton get his law license back?

[Pontiac]

What’s illegal about payment in kind?

Nothing

The stripper accused him of touching her inappropriately and filled charges.

Most Bar Associations have rules against bringing the profession in to disrepute.

I suspect that violation of that rule is why he is suspended.

[longtermmemmory]

missing information:

While she agreed to the performances, the client contended he touched her inappropriately during those dances, and she went to police in 2002 with sexual assault allegations.

He is not charged with the lapdances he is changed with sexual assault for the inappropriate touching. Also the "dances" were in his office and not at an entertainment venue.


For those in rio linda, the lawyer was attempting to exchange prostitution services to pay off his fees. Also keep in mind, due process is not very relevant in Bar review hearings, the burden of proof can fluctuate.

Again, the excerpt is designed to mislead. PMSNBC gaming the system.

[longtermmemmory]

most states have done away with the “conduct unbecomming” aspects.

The Bar panel, not being a court, saw this for him soliciting payment via sexual acts.

Keep in mind the bar panel is not bound by the criminal court necessarily. Even if he is found criminally not guilty, the bar panel can still conclude there is ample evidence to support suspending him.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks. That information completely changes the picture.