Unethical Sexual Relations

Maryland has one bright-line rule regarding sexual relations with clients: Sex with a client that you are representing in a domestic relations matter is a per se violation of Rule 19- 301.7(b) of Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (“MLRPC”). A orney Grievance Comm’n v. Culver, 381 Md. 241, 275, 849 A.2d 423, 443 (2004). But what about sex with a client while representing them in a non-domestic relations matter?…


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