Docket No. 45350  Facts: Petitioner Great Western Union Savings and Loan Association completed and drafted legal forms such as deeds and mortgages in connection with its customers’ real estate transactions, leading the respondent Washington State Bar Association to file suit against Great Western in the Superior Court for Spokane County seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The trial court held that Great Western had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in violation of Washington Revised Code §2.48.010. Continue reading →