A Missouri lawyer has been suspended for using information obtained by his divorce client by guessing his wife’s email password.

The Missouri Supreme Court indefinitely suspended lawyer Joel Eisenstein with leave to apply for reinstatement in six months.  A disciplinary hearing panel had sought indefinite suspension with leave to reapply in a year.

Eisenstein’s client had obtained his wife’s payroll documents and a list of direct examination questions prepared by the wife’s lawyer for an upcoming divorce trial, according to the Missouri Supreme Court opinion. The client gave the information to Eisenstein in November 2013.

As carried in ABAJournal on 07.04.2016