Legal Opinion
In re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Osborne
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 2016No. 201,435-6PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[As amended by order of the Supreme Court January 19, 2017.]
Owens, J.
¶1 The Washington State Bar Association Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) charged attorney Donald Peter Osborne with violating the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC). A hearing officer found that Osborne committed five violations of the RPCs because of events surrounding a will he drafted for a sick, elderly woman that made him the residual beneficiary of her $600,000 estate. The hearing officer recommended disbarment. Osborne did not appeal to the Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board (Board).
¶2 Since…
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- In re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against MarshallWashington Supreme Court · 2007
- In re the Disciplinary Proceeding against DannWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- Matter of DannWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- Disciplinary Proceeding Against MarshallWashington Supreme Court · 2007
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- Andrew Cooley v. Susan CamiciaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2017