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In re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of Ward

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1919No. 7PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Motion filed in the supreme court December 2, 1918, for the disbarment of an attorney at law, upon recommendation of the state board of law examiners.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.

This is a proceeding for the disbarment of E. O. Ward, an attorney at law, a resident of, and licensed to practice law in, this state. The proceeding was instituted by a complaint filed with the state board of law examiners, pursuant to ch. 115, Laws of 1917, p. 421. The board of examiners, at a hearing at which the accused attorney appeared, heard the evidence offered in support of and against the charges made in the complaint, and found that one of the charges was well proven, and recommended that an order of disbarment be entered.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of BruenWashington Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re EdwardsIdaho Supreme Court · 1928
  2. State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Washington State Bar Ass'nWashington Supreme Court · 1947
  3. In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against PenningtonWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Stephen Kerr Eugster v. Washington State Bar AssociationCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2017
  5. In Re the Disciplinary Proceedings Against HutchinsWashington Supreme Court · 1965

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