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Grover Matthew Loftin (WSBA No. 44942, admitted 2012) of Seattle, resigned in lieu of discipline, effective 4/23/2021. Loftin agrees that he is aware of the alleged misconduct in disciplinary counsel’s Statement of Alleged Misconduct and rather than defend against the allegations, wishes to permanently resign from membership in the Association. The Statement of Alleged Misconduct reflects the following violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.4 (Communication), 1.5 (Fees), 7.1 (Communications Concerning a Lawyer's Services), 8.4(c) (Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation).
Loftin’s alleged misconduct, as stated in disciplinary counsel’s Statement of Alleged Misconduct, related to his law practice primarily in the areas of estate planning and estate administration while employed at a law firm. Loftin’s alleged misconduct includes: 1) falsely communicating to clients about the services performed and hours billed and by recording a false date on which the work was completed in client invoices, 2) charging a fee for work not performed, and 3) logging hours in his employer’s time management system for time not actually spent, and by making it appear in the time management system, and in his own laptop, that documents had been drafted when they had not.
Henry Cruz acted as disciplinary counsel. Grover Matthew Loftin represented himself. The online version of Washington State Bar News contains a link to the following document: Resignation Form of Grover Matthew Loftin (ELC 9.3(b)).
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