Lawyer Accused Of Extorting Sex From Clients, Amateur Porn, Polygamy

If only this guy were at an Am Law 100 firm so we could make Biglaw/Big Love jokes.

In a new development in alternative fee arrangements, a lawsuit alleges that a lawyer specializing in drunk driving law pressured female clients — over a span of at least 10 years — into sex in exchange for promised discounts. And of course filming these encounters, because pics or it didn’t happen.

It’s shocking, I guess, but where’s that nugget that puts it over the top?

Wait. Polygamy? There we go….

If only this guy were at an Am Law 100 firm so we could make Biglaw/Big Love jokes. According to the Denver Post:

A lawsuit accuses a Denver attorney of having illicit relationships with law clients, filming sexual liaisons in his office and going so far as marrying some of them in a polygamist union because it was “commanded of God.”

God is always commanding the craziest stuff. Like, you never hear God say, “get the Tuna Melt, I command it.”

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Charles L. Fife, who specializes in drunken driving law, was sued by a client who claims Fife surreptitiously filmed himself having sex with women including clients. The plaintiff’s name is listed as Jane Doe because she claims to be the victim of sexual exploitation.

“For at least the last decade, Fife has sexually exploited, victimized and preyed upon women, including female clients, which is a violation of ethical standards,” says the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Denver County Court by attorney Jerome Reinan.

According to the allegations, Fife uses his polygamist belief system to justify his sexual exploits. Though his fundamentalist Mormonism does not extend to a disdain for alcohol, which he allegedly gave his clients in the process of wooing them. In his defense, keeping booze in the office as a DUI lawyer is just basic client service.

But I’m not sure where in Brigham Young’s ideology one finds support for running a high-quality porn studio:

Fife often recorded the sexual encounters in his office through a digital recorder on his computer, the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit says Fife has a “semi-professional photographic studio” in his office with professional lighting, light reflectors and refractors, and high-definition-quality video recording equipment. The equipment is in plain sight, the lawsuit says. A partner once discovered genital lubricant in the office. One office assistant was fired when she complained about Fife’s sexual exploitation.

There’s your jumping off point, readers: imagine the conversation that transpired when a law firm partner finds lube in the office. Go!

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Lawsuit accuses Denver attorney of filming sex encounters with clients [Denver Post]