Court Opinion

ID: 9668372
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 02:10:41.964511+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:29:31.285785
License: Public Domain

SNELL, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. The majority finds that Hill was representing K.C. in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. K.C. was seeking custody of her three children. Hill assisted her in securing a restraining order regarding her children who were then living with their father. She was unemployed and did not have money even for his retainer fee. She was a drug addict and emotionally unstable.
Hill’s employment as her attorney gave him the means to exploit the extreme vulnerability of his client. Given the opportunity, he abandoned his professional responsibilities to his client without concern or delay.
Hill’s acts constitute grossly unethical and unprofessional conduct. His license to practice law should be suspended for not less than nine months.
HARRIS, J., joins this dissent.