CITY OF HOQUIAM v. PERC

No. 47946-1.

97 Wn.2d 481 (1982)

646 P.2d 129

THE CITY OF HOQUIAM, Respondent, v. THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Richard A. Heath, Assistant, for petitioners Public Employment Relations Commission, et al.

Ferguson & Burdell, by William Wesselhoeft and Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug, Tausend & Beezer, P.S., by James B. Street, for petitioner Hoquiam Professional Fire-fighters.

Omar S. Parker, City Attorney, and Jon C. Parker, Assistant, for respondent.


DIMMICK, J.

When a partner in a law firm is one of three commissioners on the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC/Commission), may her law firm represent a client before that Commission or an independent hearing examiner if the individual partner disqualifies herself from any participation in the matter? We conclude that the law firm may continue its representation of the client under the applicable statutes, the...

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