Telephone inquiries concern all aspects of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Most lawyers call seeking help with questions about handling trust accounts, maintaining client confidences and secrets, avoiding client conflicts, problems caused by the termination of a lawyer s services, transference of client files and lawyer advertising. The Ethics Line operates during normal business hours Monday through Friday. If the number is busy, a caller may leave a detailed voice mail message.
Every effort is made to return all calls within one business day.
Unpublished Informal Opinions are written opinions issued by the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee in response to ethical inquires from Bar members, but not adopted by WSBA Board of Governors. The opinions are limited to the specific facts of the inquiry. If the opinion is followed by the inquirer it creates a rebuttal presumption that the inquirer acted ethically. The Committee operates under Rules of Procedures that have been adopted by the Board of Governors. The Committee does not issue opinions about legal questions, the conduct of other lawyers or matters in litigation.