In Re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Simmons

Respondent attorney William Simmons appeals the Disciplinary Board's unanimous order recommending that he be disbarred for giving an adverse witness 2 half-gallon bottles of whiskey the day before the witness testified at trial. We concur with the board's recommendation and accordingly enter a judgment of disbarment.

In December 1984, Charles Seib initiated an adverse possession action against Simmons and others. Seib v. Thomas, Snohomish County Superior Court cause 84-2-04039-2. The action was in regard to a triangular-shaped segment of real property Simmons owned in Monroe, Snohomish County,…