Lawyer’s suspension includes lifetime ban on representing women

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Lawyer’s suspension includes lifetime ban on representing women By Debra Cassens Weiss Aug 6, 2014, 08:14 am CDT

A Connecticut lawyer has been suspended for four months and barred from representing female clients for the rest of his career after he was accused of representing women in family law and domestic-violence cases in violation of a 2010 court order.

The disciplinary counsel had initially sought disbarment for lawyer Ira Mayo, alleging he had violated the court order at least 11 times, the Connecticut Law Tribune reports. Mayo agreed to the suspension and ban on representing women to resolve the disciplinary complaint.

Mayo was accused in two prior ethics cases, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune. In the first he was suspended for 15 months after he was accused of making unwanted advances to female clients referred to him by a group for abused women, the story says. In the second, he was banned from representing women in family law or domestic violence cases after he was accused of offering to waive attorney fees in exchange for a massage.

The short suspension for lawyer Ira Mayo outraged a woman who filed a recent grievance against Mayo after he represented her on assault charges in a domestic-violence case, the Connecticut Law Tribune says. Leah Castro called the short suspension “a slap on the wrist” and told Connecticut Law Tribune she believed he should be disbarred.

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This is familiar territory for the 45-year-old Mayo. In September 2005, his license was suspended for 15 months for making unwanted sexual advances toward clients who were referred to him by the Susan B. Anthony Project for abused women.

in another case......She told state police that she met Mayo in the summer of 2008, shortly after she turned 18. Mayo was representing Wilbur and her ex-boyfriend in a separate criminal matter. Wilbur described graphic comments and propositions that Mayo made to her when the two were alone in his office. She said Mayo, at one point, unzipped his pants in front of her.

“He wanted to prey on a barely-18-year-old girl,” Wilbur told police.

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Disgusting, and insulting that he was only suspended for four months. Mismanagement of client funds can get you a longer suspension.