Lawyer and former mayor confesses to irregularities on client funds

The former mayor of St Louis, Freeman Bosley, has admitted to a state panel that he did not handle client funds properly in his law firm, Bosley & Associates.

St Louis former mayor faces disciplinary action over client funds Steve Collender

He is due to hear his punishment within 30 days. At one stage the sum in the trust account he operated fell to such a low level that cheques drawn on the account bounced. He told the Missouri Supreme Court's Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel: 'I did not do as good of a job as I should have done. I'm not running from that.' However, a state investigator said that she had found 'no dishonesty, no selfish motives' in his actions. Source: St Louis Business Journal

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