Suspended lawyer must pay $235K for 'staggering' breach of trust in sex-for-services proposal
Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie has been ordered to pay a former client — and plaintiff in a civil case against him — $235,000 after proposing she pay for his legal services with oral sex and disclosing personal details about her online after her allegations garnered media coverage.
Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie has been ordered to pay a former client — and plaintiff in a civil case against him — $235,000 after proposing she pay for his legal services with oral sex and disclosing personal details about her online after her allegations garnered media coverage.