In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Lavery

The Washington State Bar Association has recommended to this court that Michael F. Lavery be suspended from the practice of law for a period of 30 days. For the reasons set out hereinafter, we impose a suspension for a period of 90 days.

Michael Lavery graduated from law school in May 1975 with a cumulative grade point average of 2.322. After failing the bar examination that summer, he undertook what he describes as a research project, apparently designed to reflect his disillusionment and discouragement with law school and the legal profession. He falsified his law school transcript to show a…