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FACTS

A. LAWSUIT

1. CLIENT’S CASE

Client hired Attorney in January 2015. Attorney represented Client in a lawsuit

against a restaurant Client had patronized. Client alleged that, in January 2017, without

Client’s approval, Attorney dismissed, without prejudice, Client’s lawsuit against the

restaurant. Client alleged she paid $21,985 for very little work by Attorney, and that

Attorney essentially “defraud[ed] her out of tens of thousands of dollars knowing full

well he never intended to satisfactorily represent any of [Client’s] legal interests.”

Client alleged that part of Attorney’s fraud involved him leading Client to believe they

had a romantic relationship.

2. ATTORNEY’S DEFENSE

Attorney contended he performed an “extensive amount of work” for Client and

“went above and beyond . . . to help [Client].” Attorney contended Client approved the

dismissal of her case against the restaurant. Further, Attorney alleged that Client sent

1 Attorney asserts Client’s “Appellant’s Opening Brief suffers from omissions, misstatements and violations of appellate Rules of Court,” and the record Client provided is incomplete. Attorney asserts that “this Court can and…