Discipline Notice - Bruce R. Boyden

License Number: 9463
Member Name: Bruce R. Boyden
Discipline Detail
Action: Censure
Effective Date: 11/27/1996
RPC: 1.14 - (prior to 9/1/2006) Preserving Identity of Funds and Property of a Client
Discipline Notice:
Description: Spokane lawyer Bruce R. Boyden (WSBA No. 9463, admitted 1979) was ordered censured pursuant to stipulation for discipline approved November 27, 1996. The discipline is based upon Boyden's appropriation of client funds from his client trust account, after he was unable to determine the whereabouts of his client, and his subsequent failure to promptly remit client funds when the client later contacted him and demanded the funds.
Respondent was represented by Dennis P. Hession of Spokane. The Bar Association was represented by disciplinary counsel William G. McGillin.


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