Former St. Louis mayor loses his law license indefinitely over mishandling of client funds
Freeman Bosley Jr., a former mayor of St. Louis, will lose his law license for at least six months, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Bosley, who left office in 1997 and went into private practice, was investigated in 2013 after several checks from his client trust account bounced. This triggered an automatic notification to Missouri state investigators.
In December, Bosley admitted that “I did not do as good a job as I should have done,” the Post-Dispatch reported at the time. The three-member panel called by the Missouri Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel required him to repay $6,250 owed to third-party health care providers involved in legal settlements. In February, then recommended that Bosley’s law license be suspended for at least two years, according to the Post-Dispatch.
Bosley appealed, and the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended his law license indefinitely. He will not be able to petition for reinstatement for at least six months.
In addition to mishandling the health funds, Bosley was accused of combining personal and client funds, using the trust account to pay his personal expenses and not keeping accurate records.
Bosley was elected mayor in 1993 after 11 years as the city circuit clerk. He lost a re-election campaign four years later.
