After one of his clients gave him information that implicated a lawyer soon to become a Superior Court judge in a dishonest business deal, attorney Doug Schafer blew the whistle -- against his client's wishes. The Washington state Supreme Court eventually threw the judge off the bench. Now Shafer is in trouble. Washington is one of almost 40 states where it is an ethics violation to disclose a client's confidential communications, even to help provide a remedy to the victim of a client's crime.
January 04, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In the summer of 1992, Bill Hamilton, a successful businessman, met with attorney Doug Schafer in the lawyer’s Tacoma, Wash., office. He asked Mr. Schafer to draw up incorporation papers–a routine job for the experienced business lawyer. But the consequences of the meeting would be far from routine.
Mr. Schafer says that his client gave him information that implicated Mr. Hamilton and Grant Anderson, a Tacoma lawyer soon to become a Superior Court judge, in a dishonest business deal.
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