In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Brown

This is an attorney disciplinary proceeding involving an attorney who failed to file a federal income tax return. The Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association recommended that respondent, Kenneth M. Brown, Jr., who practices in Seattle, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of 45 days. Because of mitigating circumstances, we choose to impose a lesser sanction of reprimand.

This review evolves from the remand proceedings required by our opinion in In re Brown, 94 Wn.2d 750, 620 P.2d 101 (1980). In that opinion, we reviewed the Board's recommendation that Mr. Brown…