Discipline Notice - Frederick E. Porter

License Number: 3640
Member Name: Frederick E. Porter
Discipline Detail
Action: Suspension
Effective Date: 9/5/1997
RPC: 8.4 (b) - Criminal Act
Discipline Notice:
Description: Yakima lawyer Frederick E. Porter (WSBA No. 3640, admitted 1967) has been ordered suspended for 18 months pursuant to a stipulation for discipline approved by the Supreme Court on June 9, 1998. The discipline is based on Porter’s conviction for Possession of a Controlled Substance in violation of RLD 1.1(a). Porter’s suspension is effective September 5, 1997, and will be followed by two (2) years of probation with conditions.
Porter was arrested on November 29, 1996, for possession of methamphetamine, a Schedule I controlled substance. He was convicted, on August 5, 1997, in Yakima County Superior Court, of Possession of a Controlled Substance in violation of RCW 69.50.401(d). He was sentenced to serve ten (10) days of confinement, with credit for two (2) days served and the remainder converted to 64 hours of community service. He was also sentenced to two (2) years of Community Supervision.
Porter was represented by J. Jarrette Sandlin. Disciplinary Counsel Sachia I. Stonefeld represented the Association.


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