She is now facing felony charges involving the theft of some $9,000 from a former law client.

Burke disclosed 2008 income above the reporting threshold of $5,000 from each of 31 law clients that do business with the city.

He also took $14,000 from a law client's escrow account.

Pat Grasso, a former law client, gave him the job.

The thefts also included embezzling the money of elderly law clients whose investments he was handling.

Brown friend, contributor, and former law client, Charlie Walker was given a share of city contracts.

He had taken a check for $11,000 from an international businessman named David Chang, who had been one of his law clients.

Through one of his law clients, he met the Army's chief of computer simulation who put him in touch with a group of engineers.

Suppose a state bureaucrat was aware that a developer happened to be a law client of the Governor's son?

The new code also prohibits legislators and their aides from dealing with state agencies for a fee on behalf of law clients.