By: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES//January 31, 2013//
By Patrick Thornton
Dolan Media Newswires
A Minnesota attorney has been disciplined for allegedly having sex with a divorce client and billing her for the time.
Attorney Thomas P. Lowe, 58, of Burnsville, Minn. was suspended indefinitely from the practice.
According to the Pioneer Press, at various points Lowe billed the woman for legal services on the dates of their sexual encounters, coding the time as meetings or drafting memos.
Lowe eventually broke off the affair and withdrew from representing her. The woman was hospitalized with mental health issues and reported the affair. The state Office of Lawyers Responsibility filed a petition for discipline against Lowe last summer. He initially denied the allegations, but later admitted to them.
He can apply to get his law license back in 15 months.