Legal Ethics Consultations and Expert Services
Kevin Bank Law
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Legal Ethics Lawyer
Former Bar Managing Disciplinary Counsel and Assistant General Counsel
I advise lawyers and law firms on the ethical rules governing the legal profession. I provide ethics consultations, advice on bar-related matters, written opinion letters and, when a lawyer’s conduct is at issue in a contested matter, can serve as an ethics expert.
I practiced for 19 years at the Washington State Bar Association and have been in private practice for 7 years. I was a Disciplinary Counsel, Managing Disciplinary Counsel, and then Assistant General Counsel at the Bar, and have given advice, represented attorneys and provided expert testimony in numerous matters since entering private practice.
Practice areas include:
- Legal ethics consultations to proactively avoid client complaints and/or bar investigations;
- Written opinion letters on ethical issues affecting your practice;
- Expert services in litigation or other contested matters in which a lawyer’s professional conduct is at issue;
- Advice and assistance in responding to bar complaints;
- Advice and assistance with bar investigations;
- Assistance with bar licensing issues, including applications by motion, reinstatement, character and fitness, corporate counsel requirements and Rule 9 applications.
My work on Bar complaints and Character and Fitness matters is primarily consultative. I do not currently represent clients at disciplinary or character and fitness hearings, but if your matter is headed to a hearing, I can help you find trial counsel.