Three dissenting judges would have disbarred him.
The disciplinary hearing panel recommended he be disbarred.
The judges that did not disbar this creep are sexual assault enablers, and need to be charged for their crimes. That would stop one hell of a lot of sexual assaults, in an instant.
86-year-old lawyer caught on video groping multiple clients avoids disbarment by Debra Cassens Weiss, March 23, 2023, American Bar Association Journal
An 86-year-old Missouri lawyer has been suspended, but not disbarred, for groping five clients and touching another on the buttocks—all incidents that were caught on video.
The Missouri Supreme Court imposed the indefinite suspension in a 4-3 decision March 21, report the Kansas City Star and the Associated Press.
Above the Law and the Legal Profession Blog also noted the decision.
The lawyer, Dan K. Purdy of Missouri, is “indefinitely suspended with no leave to apply for reinstatement for 12 months.”
What legal trash can talk is this? “Indefinitely” but only for 12 months? Typical contradictory lawyer lingo. So, if Mr Pervert doesn’t die in the meantime, the piece of shit lawyer gets to grope all over again after a nice 12 months rest make his despicable hands and fingers ultra eager. What a fucking evil legal-judicial circle jerk.
A disciplinary panel had recommended disbarment for Purdy, a lawyer based in Osceola, Missouri. Judge Zel M. Fischer argued in a dissent that disbarment would have been the right decision in light of Purdy’s “egregious and outrageous conduct.” He was joined by two other judges.
“There may have been a time when a temporary suspension was an adequate punishment for sexually assaulting or harassing a client, vulnerable or otherwise … but, in my view, that time is long gone,” Fischer wrote.
“Implicit in the principal opinion’s analysis is that Mr. Purdy only needs to be indefinitely suspended with no leave to apply for reinstatement for one year because of his advanced age. In my view, neither the race, gender, ethnicity nor age of an attorney should be taken into consideration to determine appropriate discipline.”
Video footage from September 2020 had confirmed that Purdy made sexual advances toward four female clients in a jail interview room that included kissing and reaching underneath their jumpsuits. Courtroom video caught Purdy touching a client’s buttocks in March 2021, but the client said she didn’t think that the touching was inappropriate. A sixth client who was a passenger in Purdy’s car recorded a video in September 2021 that showed him rub her breast while driving.I will not sleep tonight. So gross. I told my lawyers, Murray Klippenstein and Cory Wanless: no hugging (too many rapes in my past for me to be ok with male lawyers touching me)! They heard me, but ignored me, hugged me anyways, even knowing it was unwanted. When will men get it that women and kids are not their possessions!? Fuck the sods that did not disbar this prick.
One of the women on the jail video described Purdy as a “little bit of a pervert.”You reading this J Russell Brown?
Purdy had stated that he thought that his clients were “enticing” him.
Oh ya, sure, blame the victims. Go grope Satan’s horns and tail you vile lawyer turd. I’ve experienced being blamed by bullies and rapists for their harms constantly. Even self regulating AER blamed me after I sent them evidence of Encana breaking the law. Fuckers always blame the victim. My ex lead lawyer, Murray Klippsenstein even went so far to lie in his Affidavit filed in court, to blame me for his quitting my case, brutally dragging out his quitting for years, dragging out returning my trust funds and transferring ownership of my website to me, all it appears to run out my lawsuit’s clock, causing horrific stress for me. $400,000.00 of my savings tossed out the window. Gone. He still hasn’t returned my files, even though he promised to in writing when he quit. Klippenstein is bencher of his self regulator, so I am assured my complaint about his harmful services will go nowhere.
He testified that he wouldn’t commit similar acts in the future, which a disciplinary hearing panel found to be disingenuous because he continued his pattern of improper conduct after the ethics case was filed against him.Just fucking wow! So disgusting. So creepy! Demented!
Purdy also has a history of disciplinary offenses, receiving several admonishments and one reprimand for violating ethics rules regarding communication, safeguarding property, diligence and responsibility toward legal assistants. He also received a stayed suspension for notarizing documents, even though he didn’t witness his client’s signature.
But he had made a full disclosure to the disciplinary board and had submitted multiple letters attesting to his good character. One letter from a court clerk said Purdy routinely traveled statewide to represent indigent clients.
Writing for the majority, Judge George W. Draper III said the suspension was consistent with punishment for past sexual misconduct by lawyers. And that sums up legal self regulation in an assaulting cock bucket. Why the hell do lawyers keeping behaving so dreadfully, including assaulting kids? They regulate themselves, thus know they’ll get away with their crimes, over and over. In addition, Purdy has already been on interim suspension for 15 months.
Purdy had argued that he needed no further discipline, or in the alternative, he should receive an indefinite suspension “with leave to apply for reinstatement after six months.”I cannot believe this arrogant ass. Well, I can, he’s a male lawyer. Male judges come from the same self-regulated arrogant misogynistic prick bucket. Google Canada’s Justice Russell Brown’s recent reported circus in Arizona (that I expect his self regulator, Canada’s judicial council, is working hard to make vanish – perps protect fellow perps after all).
The ABA Journal was unable to reach Purdy at a number found online because the voicemail box was full. His lawyer, Daniel F. Church, did not immediately respond to an email and voicemail seeking comment.
Missouri Supreme Court won’t disbar defense attorney who sexually assaulted six women by Jonathan Shorman, March 21, 2023, The Kansas City Star
The Missouri Supreme Court won’t disbar a defense attorney who sexually assaulted six clients, including episodes of unwanted kissing and touching captured on video, leading one judge to issue a scathing dissent denouncing the court’s decision. In a 4-3 decision, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday that Dan K. Purdy, an Osceola-based attorney, will be indefinitely suspended from practicing law but allowed to apply for reinstatement after a year. A disciplinary hearing panel had recommended Purdy be disbarred.
… Judge George Draper, writing in the majority opinion, acknowledged Purdy, 86, had committed the assaults and severely faulted him for his conduct, but stopped short of fully kicking him out of the legal profession. Judge Draper, do you assault women too? Nothing else makes any legal sense.
In September 2020, Purdy made sexual advances toward four clients in a Vernon County jail interview room, including touching and kissing, that were confirmed by video provided by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. Each woman was later interviewed by officers and told them Purdy’s advances were unwanted.
In March 2021, courtroom video footage in St. Clair County showed Purdy touching a clients’ buttocks. The court opinion notes the client submitted an affidavit that she believed Purdy didn’t touch her inappropriately. Later that year, Purdy was transporting a client in his vehicle, according to the opinion. Video from the client’s phone shows Purdy, while driving, reach across the seat and touch the client’s breast under her blouse. The opinion says the client said the sexual contact was unwanted. They let this vile dangerous idiot remain a lawyer?
“Purdy not only attempted to sexually assault female clients, he actually did so. Purdy’s assaults happened multiple times with multiple clients in multiple situations over an extended period of time,” Draper wrote in the majority opinion. “Purdy’s unwanted sexual assaults happened in the jail, in open court, and in his private vehicle. Further, Purdy’s clients either did not know or did not realize they could repudiate his sexual advances. Purdy fails to grasp the severity of his conduct or these charges.”
Still, Draper wrote that the discipline is consistent with what the court has issued in response to past sexual misconduct by lawyers.
And he noted the discipline is more severe than what Purdy has requested. Purdy had asked the court to allow him to apply for reinstatement after six months.Wooop deee doo!
His law license had already been suspended on an interim basis since December 2021. Draper’s opinion was joined by Judges Mary Russell, Patricia Breckenridge and Robin Ransom. Chief Justice Paul Wilson and Judge Brent Powell joined Fischer’s dissent. Fischer wrote that he was “deeply distressed” by the court’s decision. He said Purdy’s advanced age was implicit in the decision and emphasized the conduct had been captured on video.
Anything less than disbarment won’t protect the public or legal profession, Fischer wrote. “In my view, neither the race, gender, ethnicity, nor age of an attorney should be taken into consideration to determine appropriate discipline,” Fischer wrote. “In my view, Mr. Purdy’s conduct, which was clearly and explicitly depicted in the video evidence, warrants disbarment.” A call to a number for Purdy’s law office wasn’t answered on Tuesday.
Attorney suspended for repeated sexual advances of clients by Chloe Murdock March 22, 2023, Missouri Lawyers Media
A split Missouri Supreme Court issued a one-year suspension to an 86-year-old attorney who had inappropriately touched six clients. Three dissenting judges would have disbarred him.
… Purdy and the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel filed a joint stipulation seeking a one-year suspension. A disciplinary hearing panel recommended he be disbarred. On appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court, Purdy sought to apply the 15 months he’d been suspended from practicing while waiting for a resolution of his case to a six-month suspension so he could be reinstated immediately.
… The six-month suspension comes from case law including In re Littleton from 1986 and In re Howard from 1995, in which attorneys attempted sexual advances against a client and received the same result.
During oral arguments, Gail Vasterling of the OCDC said that case law did not support Purdy’s request on appeal.
“Here, the interim suspension was sought because Respondent continued to engage in the same misconduct after the information was filed,” Vasterling said. “He should not benefit from using the same interim suspension as a mitigating factor to his discipline.”
Judge George W. Draper wrote the March 21 majority opinion in favor of the OCDC. He wrote that while Purdy had argued his conduct weighed less than that of Littleton and Howard, the majority disagreed because he “not only attempted to sexually assault female clients, he actually did so,” multiple times and on multiple occasions.
“Purdy fails to grasp the severity of his conduct or these charges,” Draper wrote. “Rather than admitting his conduct was inappropriate and taking responsibility for his actions, Purdy stated he believed his clients were ‘enticing’ him.”
Judges Mary R. Russell, Patricia Breckenridge and Robin Ransom concurred.
The majority opinion noted Judge Warren Welliver’s dissent of Littleton: “It is inconceivable that we will deprive the public of adequate legal representation by disbarring a few of those who prove themselves unqualified to represent the public.”Fucking assault enablers! The lot of them.
Judge Zel Fischer wrote in a dissent that he would have disbarred Purdy for the sake of the public and the legal profession’s reputation. He noted that there is now one lawyer for every 200 people in the state, and the number of Missouri attorneys has nearly doubled since he became a lawyer in 1988.
“There may have been a time when a temporary suspension was an adequate punishment for sexually assaulting or harassing a client, vulnerable or otherwise,” Fischer wrote, citing Littleton, “but, in my view, that time is long gone.”
Chief Judge Paul C. Wilson and Judge W. Brent Powell concurred.
The case is In re: Dan K. Purdy, SC99818.
I am furious at the pathetic cowardly judicial fucks letting their fellow fucker off so easy. And the world wonders why men won’t stop raping and murdering women and why earth is being raped to death by frac’ers’ greed and inhumanity.
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Note copyright date of 2022. Klippenstein quit my case in August 2018.
Give the middle finger to most judges!
“It’s the judges!” enabling rape and murder of women. No kidding. In Canada too.
Investigation finds one of Australia’s most powerful men, “Sex Pest” former high court judge, Dyson Heydon, sexually harassed judicial clerks and women lawyers – WHILE HE WAS TOP JUDGE! 
Canadian judges hatch from lawyers. If lawyers are rats, what are they when they become judges, notably when put into power by rats in politics, many of whom are also lawyers? The more I learn about the law, lawyers and judges, and their super creepy self regulation clubs, the more I think lawyers and judges are for the most part, cowards.
