ERIKS v. DENVER

No. 57235-6.

118 Wn.2d 451 (1992)

824 P.2d 1207

ROBERT ERIKS, ET AL, Respondents, v. WILLIAM JAMES DENVER, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mundt, MacGregor, Happel, Falconer, Zulauf & Hall, by Spencer Hall, Jr., and Janet D. McEachern, for appellants.

Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, by Dexter A. Washburn; Pence & Dawson, by Christopher C. Pence, for respondents.


UTTER, J.

The promoters of a tax shelter scheme hired attorney William Denver to provide joint legal defense for all investors and promoters in audits before the Internal Revenue Service (hereinafter IRS) and in tax court cases. The investors later brought a class action suit against Denver alleging that he violated the former Code of Professional Responsibility (hereinafter CPR) by representing both investors and promoters...

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