In Re Disciplinary Proc. Against Cramer

198 P.3d 485 (2008)

In the Matter of the DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST Stephen D. CRAMER, Attorney at Law.

No. 200,537-3.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued September 11, 2008.

Decided December 11, 2008.

Stephen Christopher Smith, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, Boise, ID, for Petitioner.

Leslie Ching Allen, M. Craig Bray, Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 Stephen D. Cramer took advance fee payments from his client, Frank Garcia, and placed the payments into his personal business account (Business Account) instead of the appropriate…