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Judy C. Wolf (WSBA No. 14135, admitted 1984) of Seattle and Bothell has been disbarred pursuant to a stipulation for discipline approved by the Supreme Court effective May 14, 1998. In the stipulation, Wolf admitted that in 1996 she received $1,000,000 from a company’s Swiss bank account. She promised to invest the funds in a High Yield Investment Program to produce a return of 400% within 40 weeks. She did not. Instead, she diverted about $800,000 for her personal benefit, including buying a new home and a new car for herself.
On November 3, 1997, the United States Attorney’s Office filed a one-count information in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle charging Wolf with the felony crime of wire fraud. Wolf pled guilty and was sentenced to 24 months incarceration with the Bureau of Prisons and was ordered to pay restitution.
In the stipulation to disbarment, Wolf stipulated that her conduct violated RPC 8.4(b), which prohibits a lawyer from engaging in a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty or trustworthiness, and/or RPC 8.4(c), which prohibits a lawyer from engaging in acts involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation and/or RLD 1.1(a) which prohibits a lawyer from committing acts which involve moral turpitude or which reflect disregard for the rule of law.
Jay Stansell of Seattle represented Wolf. Disciplinary Counsel Linda B. Eide represented the Bar Association.
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