Docket No. 200,521-7 (from WSBA Case No. 15578)  Facts: Disciplinary proceedings were held against petitioner attorney Jeffrey Poole for failing to provide timely or complete response to various requests for information and documents made by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in previous disciplinary proceedings, violating Washington Rules of Professional Conduct §8.4 (c), (d), and (l). Continue reading →

Docket No. 80318-8 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 34714-8)  Facts: After petitioner Deanna Kraft’s former husband filed for bankruptcy and ceased making payments pursuant to a small business loan made by respondent Wachovia S.B.A. Lending, Inc. that Kraft had co-signed, Wachovia filed suit against Kraft in the Superior Court for Pierce County seeking to recover the deficiency. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79883-4 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 24389-3)  Facts: Petitioner Joan Griffith pled guilty to possessing stolen property in the second degree in the Superior Court for Spokane County after attempting to sell jewelry that had been stolen in a burglary. The trial court subsequently ordered Griffith to pay restitution in the amount of the value of the stolen jewelry that had not been recovered ($11,500). Continue reading →

Docket No. 80518-1 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 34025-9)  Facts: Petitioner Randall Patton was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance as a result of sheriff’s deputies attempt to effectuate an arrest warrant for Patton while he stood in his driveway next to his parked car with his head in the window. When the deputy told Patton he was under arrest, Patton fled from the car into his home, where several law enforcement officers physically detained him. Continue reading →