Eugster v. WSBA and Washington Supreme Court Justices
Posted On May 30 2015On March 12, 2015, Steve Eugster commenced an action against the WSBA and some of its officers and against the present justices of the Washington State Supreme Court. The action was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington At Seattle. Case No. 2:15-cv-00375-JLR. The case has been assigned to Judge James L. Robart. Complaint, Amended and Restated. This action has its genesis in Harris v. Quinn, 134 S. Ct. 2618 (2014) and In re Petition to Create Voluntary State Bar of Nebraska, 286 Neb. 1018, 841 N.W. 2d 167 (Nebr. 2013). In Harris v. Quinn, …
The Primary Purpose of the WSBA
Posted On May 30 2015The primary purpose of the WSBA is to discipline Washington lawyers. Not only does over 48% of WSBA yearly dues go to the discipline function, the major rationale for establishing the WSBA, an integrated bar, was to give lawyers the opportunity to tell the public, the people who seek lawyer services, that the WSBA was always disciplining and weeding out bad lawyers. Thus, the discipline system is a major selling point for WSBA lawyers. The facts of how the system operates, which lawyers are targeted for discipline, the thousands of consumer calls the WSBA gets in a year, prosecution initiated …