Legal Ethics

Attorney General's Law License Suspended Over Groping Incident

Accused of grabbing four women at a party, Curtis Hill may be forced to step down.

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The Indiana Supreme Court is on a roll lately.

After coming to the reasonable conclusion that the bar exam is going to have to be held remotely this summer, they’ve now handed down punishment for the state attorney general accused of groping women at a party.

Curtis Hill will have to check his law license at the door for 30 days after the Supreme Court accepted the disciplinary commission’s account of the events at a party celebrating the close of the legislative session:

[State Rep. Mara Candelaria] Reardon testified that Hill, smelling of alcohol and with glassy eyes, was holding a drink in his right hand and put his left hand on her shoulder, then slid his hand down her dress to clench her buttocks. “A squeeze, a firm grasp,” she said.

Hill, 59, also refuted testimony from three female legislative staffers — ages 23 to 26 at the time — that he inappropriately touched their backs or buttocks and made unwelcomed sexual comments during the party.

While the 30-day suspension is less than the 60 recommended by the disciplinary hearing officer, it still places Hill in murky legal ground. Indiana requires the attorney general to be a licensed attorney and it’s not entirely clear if this suspension renders him no longer a licensed attorney. The governor is calling on Hill to resign — and, obviously, to drop out of the re-election race — but Hill’s shown no sign that he’s going to follow this advice.

Indiana attorney general’s law license suspended for groping [WSLS]

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