Opinion ID: 2590391
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Kinsey's Professional Misconduct

Text: ¶14 The facts admitted in the pleadings and the jointly offered documentary evidence from the Paul Law Firm clearly and convincingly establish Kinsey's intentional and fundamentally dishonest pattern of scheduling false appointments in order to take a day off work without informing the Paul Law Firm and submitting false billing and travel expense claims for legal services she did not perform and travel expenses she did not incur on those false appointment dates, which caused clients of the Paul Law Firm to pay for the falsely billed time and expenses. Kinsey admitted and we conclude that Kinsey violated 1) Rule 1.5(a) of the ORPC by causing clients to pay the Paul Law Firm for legal services not performed and travel expenses not incurred and 2) Rule 8.4(a) and (c) of the ORPC and Rule 1.3 of the RGDP by submitting to the Paul Law Firm false billings for legal services and false travel expense claims.