On Monday, June 2, 2025, the Director of the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed a petition for disciplinary action against Attorney Carrie L. B. Klamecki Hendricks with the Minnesota Supreme Court.

The case is entitled “In the Matter of Carrie L. B. Klamecki Hendricks.”

Hendricks faces allegations of unprofessional conduct stemming from her actions involving a former client, identified as D.W., while employed at the Tenth Judicial District Public Defender’s Office in Anoka County from October 2019 to February 2024.

The petition details multiple instances of misconduct between December 2023 and January 2024. Hendricks represented D.W. in a 2019 criminal case that was dismissed in October 2020. Her representation of D.W. terminated following dismissal. According to the filing, Hendricks allegedly misused her public defender credentials to gain unmonitored access to D.W. at the Anoka County Jail after the termination of representation. On four occasions, she presented herself as D.W.’s attorney to secure contact visits, despite no longer representing him, violating jail policies that distinguish between professional and social visits.

Additionally, Hendricks is accused of falsely marking an envelope as “legal mail” on January 20, 2024, to avoid inspection by jail staff, as legal mail is only opened in the inmate’s presence. The petition states this was a deliberate attempt to conceal the personal nature of her correspondence with D.W. Hendricks also allegedly used a work-assigned mobile phone, designated for unrecorded attorney-client calls, to contact D.W. for personal reasons between January 16 and January 22, 2024, misrepresenting herself as his attorney.

Further, Hendricks reportedly created two alias accounts, “Alicia Daniel” and “Alicia D..,” on the jail’s ICSolutions texting platform to communicate with D.W. between December 2023 and January 2024. These accounts, linked to her personal phone and home address, were used to send messages and deposit funds into D.W.’s jail account, allegedly to evade detection.

The petition claims Hendricks’ actions violated Rule 8.4(c) of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibits dishonest conduct. The Director seeks appropriate discipline and costs, with the matter now pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court.

The petition states:

“WHEREFORE, the Director respectfully prays for an order of this Court imposing appropriate discipline, awarding costs and disbursements pursuant to the Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility, and for such other, further or different relief as may be just and proper.”

According to Avvo.com, Ms. Hendricks is an attorney in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She acquired her law license in Minnesota in 2015.

A copy of the original filing can be found here.