MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST SCHAFER

No. 08652-4.

66 P.3d 1036 (2003)

149 Wash.2d 148

In the Matter of the DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST Douglas SCHAFER, Attorney at Law.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Schafer, Tacoma, Shawn Newman, Olympia, Donald Mullins, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Christine Gray, Seattle, for Respondent.

Cheryl Mitchell, Spokane, Amicus Curiae.


BRIDGE, J.

"[We] cannot tolerate for a moment, neither can the profession, neither can the community, any disloyalty on the part of a lawyer to his client. In all things he must be true to that trust, or, failing it, he must leave the profession."1

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On August 12, 1992, William Hamilton contacted his attorney, Douglas Schafer, requesting assistance in forming a corporation to...

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