How to Make Tough Ethical Questions Easier
Honorable Frederick P. Corbit Chief Bankruptcy Judge
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
The Benton-Franklin County Bar Association 10th Annual Federal Civil Trial Practice Seminar
May 13, 2016
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Frederick P. CorbitChief Bankruptcy JudgeEastern District of Washington
Chapter18.01. Definitions [Decodified].18.04. Accountancy.18.06. Acupuncture.18.08. Architects.18.09. Attorneys at Law.18.11. Auctioneers.18.12. Auctions of Jewelry or Appliances [Repealed].18.15. Barbering—Men’s Hairstyling [Repealed; Decodified].18.16. Cosmetologists, Barbers, and Manicurists.18.18. Cosmetology [Repealed; Recodified; Decodified].18.19. Counselors.18.20. Boarding Homes.18.22. Podiatric Medicine and Surgery.18.25. Chiropractic.
Chapter18.26. Chiropractic Disciplinary Board [Repealed].18.27. Registration of Contractors.18.28. Debt Adjusting.18.29. Dental Hygienists.18.30. Denturists.18.32. Dentistry.18.34. Dispensing Opticians.18.35. Hearings and Speech Services.18.36. Drugless Healing.18.37A. Naturopathy.18.37. Electricians [Repealed].18.39. Embalmers—Funeral Directors.18.43. Engineers and Land Surveyors.
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Chapter18.44. Escrow Agent Registration Act.18.45. Furniture and Bedding Industry [Repealed].18.46. Birthing Centers.18.48. Adult Family Homes [Repealed].18.50. Midwifery.18.51. Nursing Homes.18.52. Nursing Home Administrators.18.52A. Nursing Homes—Nursing Assistants Training Program
[Repealed].18.52B. Nursing Assistants [Repealed; Recodified].18.52C. Nursing Pools.18.53. Optometry.18.54. Optometry Board.
Chapter18.55. Ocularists.18.57. Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.18.57A. Osteopathic Physicians’ Assistants.18.59. Occupational Therapy.18.60. Patent Medicine Peddlers [Recodified].18.64. Pharmacists.18.64A. Pharmacy Assistants.18.67. Pharmacy Owners—Wholesale Druggist [Recodified].18.71. Physicians.18.71A. Physician Assistants.18.72. Medical Disciplinary Board [Repealed; Decodified;
Recodified].18.73. Emergency Medical Care and Transportation Services.
Chapter18.74. Physical Therapy.18.76. Poison Information Centers.18.78. Practical Nurses [Repealed; Decodified].18.79. Nursing Care.18.81. Prophylactic vendors [Repealed].18.82. Proprietary Schools [Repealed].18.83. Psychologists.18.84. Radiologic Technologists.18.85. Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons.18.86. Real Estate Brokerage Relationships.18.88. Registered Nurses [Repealed].18.88A. Nursing Assistants.18.89 Respiratory Care Practitioners.
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Chapter18.90. Sanitarians [Repealed].18.92. Veterinary Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry.18.96. Landscape Architects.18.100. Professional Service Corporations.18.104. Water Well Construction.18.106. Plumbers.18.108. Massage Practitioners.18.110. Art Dealers—Artists.18.118. Regulation of Business Professions.18.120. Regulation of Health Professions—Criteria.18.122. Regulation of Health Professions—Uniform Administrative
Provisions.
Chapter18.130. Regulation of Health Professions—Uniform Disciplinary Act.18.135. Health Care Assistants.18.138. Dietitians and Nutritionists. 18.140. Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act. 18.145. Court Reporting Practice Act. 18.150. Health Professional Loan Repayment Program [Recodified;
Repealed].18.155. Sex Offender Treatment Providers. 18.160. Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.18.165. Private Investigators. 18.170. Security Guards. 18.175. Athlete Agents [Repealed].18.180. Process Servers.
Chapter18.185. Bail Bond Agents. 18.190. Operation as Limited Liability Company.18.195. Consumer Access to Vision Care Act.18.200. Orthotic and Prosthetic Services. 18.205. Chemical Dependency Professionals. 18.210. On‐Site Wastewater Treatment Systems—Designer
Licensing. 18.215. Surgical Technologies. 18.220. Geologists.18.225. Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists,
Social Workers. 18.230. Recreation Therapy.18.235. Uniform Regulation of Business and Professionals Act.
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Section18.04.015. Purpose.18.04.020. Repealed.18.04.025. Definitions.18.04.030. Repealed.18.04.035. Board of accountancy—Members—Terms—Vacancies—
Removal.18.04.040. Repealed.18.04.045. Board—Officers and staff—Powers and duties.18.04.050. Repealed.18.04.055. Board—Rules.18.04.060. Repealed.18.04.065. Board—Fees—Disposition.18.04.070. Repealed.
Section18.04.080. Compensation and travel expenses of members.18.04.090. Repealed.18.04.100. Repealed.18.04.105. Issuance of license—Requirements—Examination—
Fees—Certified public accountants’ account—Validcertificates previously issued under chapter—Continuingprofessional education—Inactive certificates.
18.04.110. Repealed.18.04.120. Repealed.18.04.130. Repealed.18.04.140. Repealed.18.04.150. Repealed.18.04.160. Repealed.18.04.170. Repealed.
Section18.04.180. Reciprocity.18.04.183. Accountants from foreign countries.18.04.185. Application for license—Secretary of state agent for
service of process.18.04.190. Repealed.18.04.195. License required—Requirements—Application—Fees.18.04.200. Repealed.18.04.205. Registration of offices—Requirements—Rules—Fees.18.04.210. Repealed.18.04.215. Licenses—Issuance—Renewal and reinstatement—
Continuing professional education—Fees—Notificationof sanction/suspension/revocation of license.
18.04.220. Repealed.
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Section18.04.230. Repealed.18.04.240 to 18.04.290. Repealed.18.04.295. Actions against CPA license.18.04.300. Repealed.18.04.305. Actions against firm license.18.04.310. Repealed.18.04.320. Actions against license—Procedures.18.04.330. Repealed.18.04.335. Reissuance or modification of suspension of license
or certificate.18.04.340. Repealed.18.04.345. Prohibited practices.
Section18.04.350. Practices not prohibited.18.04.360. Practices may be enjoined.18.04.370. Penalty.18.04.380. Advertising falsely—Effect.18.04.390. Papers, records, schedules, etc., property of the
licensee or licensed firm—Prohibited practices—Rights of client.
18.04.400. Repealed.18.04.405. Confidential information—Disclosure, when—
Subpoenas.18.04.420. License or certificate suspension—Nonpayment or
default on educational loan or scholarship.
Section18.04.430. License or certificate suspension—Noncompliance
with support order—Reissuance.18.04.900. Repealed.18.04.901. Severability.18.04.910. Effective date—1983 c 234.18.04.911. Effective date—1986 c 295.18.04.920. Short title.18.04.930 to 18.04.394. Decodified.
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See chapter 2.44, Attorneys at Law.
Section2.44.010. Authority of attorney.2.44.020. Appearance without authority—Procedure.2.44.030. Production of authority to act.2.44.040. Change of attorneys.2.44.050. Notice of change and substitution.2.44.060. Death or removal of attorney—Proceedings.
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William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part II: Act IV, Scene II, line 73
To Kill a Mockingbird – Atticus & Mr. Ewell
Rochelle, Shawnette, and Jay Loschky. "Confidence in Judicial Systems Varies Worldwide." Gallup.com. Gallup, Inc., 22 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
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"Honesty/Ethics in Professions." Gallup.com. Gallup, Inc., 2 Dec. 2015. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
Managing Partner at Henderson & Koplik LLP
A.B. ‐ Brown University, cum laude, 1968
J.D. ‐ Yale University, 1971
Marc S. Koplik
Marc S. Koplik
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Partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP
B.A. ‐ Drury College, 1969
J.D. ‐ University of Chicago Law School, 1972
LL.M. ‐ International Law, New York University
School of Law, 1978
James R. Silkenat
James R. Silkenat
Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Herrmann
B.A. – Hunter College of the City University of
New York, 1968
J.D. – Cornell University, 1971
Jeffrey M. Herrmann
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Jeffrey M. Herrmann
H. St. John Crevecoeur, Letters of An American Farmer (1787)
According to an often cited Johns Hopkins University study of more than 100 occupations, researchers found that lawyers lead the nation with the highest incidence of depression.
Psychologist Martin Seligman notes that the legal profession is unique in that it is the only profession where pessimists–those who see problems as the norm and not the exception–out‐perform optimists. According to Seligman, the legal profession calls for caution, skepticism, and anticipation that things will go wrong. “Unfortunately, what makes for a good lawyer may make for an unhappy human being” (quoted in “The Dirty Secret in the Lives of Lawyers” by Stephen M. Terrell, Res Gestae, June 2006).
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My Cousin Vinny – “Magic Grits”
The Rules of Professional Conduct point the way to the aspiring and provide standards by which to judge the transgressor. Each lawyer must find within his or her own conscience the touchstone against which to test the extent to which his or her actions should rise above minimum standards. But in the last analysis it is the desire for the respect and confidence of the members of the legal profession and the society which the lawyer serves that should provide to a lawyer the incentive for the highest possible degree of ethical conduct. The possible loss of that respect and confidence is the ultimate sanction. So long as its practitioners are guided by these principles, the law will continue to be a noble profession.
Former preamble to the Washington Rules of Professional Conduct, effective through August of 2006, provides:
