WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

2.48.220 - Grounds of disbarment or suspension.

Grounds of disbarment or suspension.

An attorney or counselor may be disbarred or suspended for any of the following causes arising after his admission to practice:

     (1) His conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence.

     (2) Wilful disobedience or violation of an order of the court requiring him to do or forbear an act connected with, or in the course of, his profession, which he ought in good faith to do or forbear.

     (3) Violation of his oath as an attorney, or of his duties as an attorney and counselor.

     (4) Corruptly or wilfully, and without authority, appearing as attorney for a party to an action or proceeding.

     (5) Lending his name to be used as attorney and counselor by another person who is not an attorney and counselor.

     (6) For the commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption, whether the same be committed in the course of his relations as an attorney or counselor at law, or otherwise, and whether the same constitute a felony or misdemeanor or not; and if the act constitute a felony or misdemeanor, conviction thereof in a criminal proceeding shall not be a condition precedent to disbarment or suspension from practice therefor.

     (7) Misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact made in his application for admission or in support thereof.

     (8) Disbarment by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction.

     (9) Practicing law with or in cooperation with a disbarred or suspended attorney, or maintaining an office for the practice of law in a room or office occupied or used in whole or in part by a disbarred or suspended attorney, or permitting a disbarred or suspended attorney to use his name for the practice of law, or practicing law for or on behalf of a disbarred or suspended attorney, or practicing law under any arrangement or understanding for division of fees or compensation of any kind with a disbarred or suspended attorney or with any person not a licensed attorney.

     (10) Gross incompetency in the practice of the profession.

     (11) Violation of the ethics of the profession.