Filing a complaint.

[Batman21]

What is the name of your state? NY

I posted this on another thread but, I am just taking a chance
I am trying to find out the legal channel process for which to follow regarding a divorce case. Currently my sister-in-law (wife's sister) is going thru a divorce that has gotten extremely ugly . It now seems that my soon to be ex brother in-law is intimately involved with his (female) lawyer that is representing him . I am considering writing a letter to the corresponding Grievance committee . Is this the right way to go about it?

Thanks

[Silverplum]

Originally Posted by Batman21

What is the name of your state? NY

I posted this on another thread but, I am just taking a chance
I am trying to find out the legal channel process for which to follow regarding a divorce case. Currently my sister-in-law (wife's sister) is going thru a divorce that has gotten extremely ugly . It now seems that my soon to be ex brother in-law is intimately involved with his (female) lawyer that is representing him . I am considering writing a letter to the corresponding Grievance committee . Is this the right way to go about it?

Thanks

Contact your local Bar Association to find out. No NY attorneys follow these boards, that I know of.

I'll bet you'll need proof, though. Got proof? I seriously doubt this is something the Bar will be interested in without proof.

[Batman21]

Thanks I will contact them..
The proof she has are in e-mails that were sent prior to him changing his password.

Thanks alot for the info

[fairisfair]

Originally Posted by Batman21

Thanks I will contact them..
The proof she has are in e-mails that were sent prior to him changing his password.

Thanks alot for the info

not sure how well that will hold up as proof. Since OBVIOUSLY someone else had access to the account.

[Silverplum]

Originally Posted by fairisfair

not sure how well that will hold up as proof. Since OBVIOUSLY someone else had access to the account.

Uh, yeah. You're going to be dealing with attorneys, Batman -- not kindergarteners.

[You Are Guilty]

Originally Posted by DR 5-111

[§1200.29-a] Sexual Relations with Clients.

A. “Sexual relations” means sexual intercourse or the touching of an intimate part of another person for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse.

B. A lawyer shall not:

1. Require or demand sexual relations with a client or third party incident to or as a condition of any professional representation.

2. Employ coercion, intimidation, or undue influence in entering into sexual relations with a client.

3. In domestic relations matters, enter into sexual relations with a client during the course of the lawyer’s representation of the client.

C. DR 5-111 [1200.29-a] (B) shall not apply to sexual relations between lawyers and their spouses or to ongoing consensual sexual relationships that predate the initiation of the lawyer-client relationship.

D. Where a lawyer in a firm has sexual relations with a client but does not participate in the representation of that client, the lawyers in the firm shall not be subject to discipline under this rule solely because of the occurrence of such sexual relations.

The Disciplinary Rules, unlike the Ethical Considerations, are mandatory in character. The Disciplinary Rules state the minimum level of conduct below which no lawyer can fall without being subject to disciplinary action. The Disciplinary Rules should be uniformly applied to all lawyers, regardless of the nature of their professional activities. The Code makes no attempt to prescribe either disciplinary procedures or penalties for violation of a Disciplinary Rule, nor does it undertake to define standards for civil liability of lawyers for professional conduct. The severity of judgment against one found guilty of violating a Disciplinary Rule should be determined by the character of the offense and the attendant circumstances. An enforcing agency, in applying the Disciplinary Rules, may find interpretive guidance in the basic principles embodied in the Canons and in the objectives reflected in the Ethical Considerations.

Here's who to tell:
[url]http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ip/attorneygrievance/complaints.shtml[/url]

As far as whether the "proof" is sufficient, I'll leave that discussion up to you

Originally Posted by Silverplum

...No NY attorneys follow these boards, that I know of...

Oh really? coughcoughcough

[Silverplum]

Originally Posted by You Are Guilty

Oh really? coughcoughcough

Pleased to meetcha!

Sorry I got it so wrong. I'd mail you some rum pudding to try to make up for it, but pudding of any kind doesn't do well in the mail.