Stripper's private dancing lands DeKalb lawyer in hot water

A DeKalb lawyer was suspended for 15 months Thursday for arranging to have a female client perform nude dances for him in exchange for credit on her legal fees, a state commission said.

[Homer Ballard]

Stripper turned real estate agent, sounds to be an easy transition. What with all the foreclosures on homes, both occupations seem to pander to the fantasy of people.

[Really]

sounds like a double cross although he should have known better..

[Steve]

I just don't see the big deal.

[Roger Leonard]

Oh for crissake, leave the guy alone. So he has a stripper strip for him. Isn't that what strippers DO?
With all the ills of the world going on (notably the stock crisis on Wall Street), do we really have to get worked up about something so inconsequential as that? Gimme a Ba-Reak.

[floyd]

no matter what the stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room.

[g man]

you were quite happy to print all his background information. why not print hers as well. she obviously was looking for some free advertising too.
go girl. maybe you can teach Sarah Palin a thing or two about marketing.

[I am not from]

Seems to me she was perfectly happy with the arrangement until the legal fees started stacking up. No way a bunch of lap dances are going to equate extensive legal representation.

Nice slant on the story, trying to make her sound legit by painting her as a real estate agent and mother of three.

[tom]

judjiee wrote:

I don't see how this is wrong. Trades people exchange services all the time. Do some plumbing for me and I will do your electrical work. Here its I'll represent you and you in turn RING MY BELL!!!

It's ok, tradespeople do it all the time, but it's reportable and taxable income. This lawyer has a meeting with the Internal Revenue Service on his calendar.(Whether he knows it or not.)

[TheRockofAges]

The woman in this story is the one that should be vilified, not the lawyer.

[bitter ed]

For the first time in history, the lawyer didn't hand off the work to an underpaid secretary and was actually present while working on the client's case. Perhpas the next time I need legal help I'll throw in a stripper so they pay attention.

[Bears Sux]

floyd wrote:

no matter what the stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room.

Classic Chris rock.

[The Usual]

He's another lonely regular at a strip club who's trying to identify, befriend, feel connected to the woman he likes as a regular dancer so he probably acts as though he's "helping" her with his top-notch legal advice. I'm betting he's a second-rate "slip 'n fall" attorney. Falls for the "I'm just a mom trying to feed my kids" line when she's probably an addict. Doesn't want to admit he's just being played -- the professional men usually don't, because they like to think they're the ones in power. In real life, nobody attractive would ever pay them any real attention so he has to pay for it.

[Monty]

Really, as long as he listed the services as payment in kind for the dances, I don't see how he broke any laws. Might be some unethical behavior as far as the Illinois Bar is concerned, but reciprocation is common. How much did she feel a lap dance was worth anyway?

[Monty]

Listed those services on his taxes that is...

[Hmmm]

Professional courtesy: the oldest profession serving the second oldest profession. Stuff like this happens at city hall and in Springfield all the time, but we call it pay to play.

[sowhat]

Erwin credited her for $534, but she complained because her bill had reached $7,000, the report states.

The essence of the problem. He still put it to her, monetary wise. Professional courtesy should be professional courtesy.

[John]

Exotic dancer to real estate agent??

[no one important]

Wait Wait Wait...I see a different angle here.

She is a stripper, exotic no less doing paid lap dancing as her profession. He is a regular at the strip joint, she needs legal help, contact him and they barter and exchange all goes well until she becomes a mom and wife, then she needs to explain to her husband why she is doint the attorney for legal fees and then turns it around to look like the attorney is doing wrong. She had a messed up life, he had a good one....she got a better life and messed up his!!!!!

[Mark Winshel]

While some would argue that a person who engages in stripping for money is far from the most honorable person, however there are degrees of crimes and dishonorable activities.

And it is hard to imagine anything more dishonorable or sleazier than being willing to voluntarily associate with the typioal lawyer. For that "crime", we should definitely throw the book at her.

[lamplighter]

Learn from this. next time collect your fees and then pay for the dance at the going rate.