For decades, regulators and courts have ruled that sex with a client during the course of the professional relationship is unethical. However, lawyers continue to flout precedents and are often disciplined for having sexual relations with their clients. A lawyer will not have sexual relations with a client unless there was a consensual sexual relationship between them when the client-lawyer relationship began. One of the risks of a sexual relationship between lawyer and client that is not mentioned in the main article, although suggested in Norm's comment, is that such relationships are often spoiled, and often for one partner before the other.
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Where does attorney client privilege come from?
Attorney-client privilege refers to a legal privilege that works to keep confidential communications between a lawyer and his client private. Communications made to and by a lawyer in the presence of a third party may not be entitled to this privilege because they are not confidential.
Can you have an intimate relationship with your lawyer?
Attorneys' conduct is subject to a higher ethical standard and lawyers are subject to reprimand, disqualification, and public censure if they violate the rules. A lawyer cannot have an intimate sexual relationship with a client that the lawyer currently represents.
