Discipline Notice - Jeffrey T. Haley

License Number: 9526
Member Name: Jeffrey T. Haley
Discipline Detail
Action: Censure
Effective Date: 1/12/2000
RPC: 4.2 - Communication with Person. Represented by Counsel
Discipline Notice:
Description: Jeffrey Thornton Haley (WSBA No. 9526, admitted 1979), of Bellevue, has been ordered censured pursuant to a Stipulation to Censure approved by the Disciplinary Board on January 12, 2000. This discipline is based on Mr. Haley’s contacting a represented party.
Mr. Haley represented the plaintiff corporation in a trademark infringement suit in federal district court. During discovery, Mr. Haley determined that the president of the defendant corporation should be added to the lawsuit in his individual capacity. Mr. Haley wrote a letter to the defendant’s lawyer asking if he would
agree to amending the complaint. When Mr. Haley received no response from the defendant’s lawyer, he contacted the president directly. Mr. Haley erroneously believed that the defendant corporation’s lawyer did not represent the president individually. Mr. Haley did not take steps to determine whether the president was represented prior to contacting him directly.
Mr. Haley’s conduct violated RPC 4.2, prohibiting a lawyer from communicating about the subject matter of a lawsuit with a person known to be represented by counsel.
Leslie Allen represented the Bar Association. Kurt Bulmer represented Mr. Haley.


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