In this third part of our series about lawyers’ “Seven Deadly Sins,” we address the professional risks that can arise from “lust.”

Attorneys enjoy special relationships with clients, given attorneys’ knowledge of their clients’ secrets and confidences. To that end, there are numerous bar rules and ethical opinions governing how important it is that an attorney takes care not to violate their clients’ trust by doing things that could be conceived of as taking advantage of the unique position of trust the attorney enjoys.