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Henry A. Warren (WSBA No. 30360, admitted 2000) of Shelton, resigned in lieu of discipline, effective 10/28/2022. Warren 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), 1.15A (Safeguarding Property), 8.1 (Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), 8.4(b) (Criminal Act), 8.4(c) (Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation), 8.4(d) (Prejudicial to the Admin of Justice), 8.4(i) (Moral Turpitude, Corruption or Disregard of Rule of Law).
Warren’s alleged conduct, as stated in disciplinary counsel’s Statement of Alleged Misconduct, related to his representation of a client in a family law matter Warren’s alleged misconduct includes: 1) using and/or converting client funds; 2) knowingly making one or more false statements to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel during a grievance investigation and/or knowingly testifying falsely at his deposition; 3) failing to deposit and hold client funds in a trust account; 4) failing to provide a written accounting to his client upon the client’s request; and 5) failing to respond to his client’s reasonable requests for information about client funds, and/or failing to advise his client about the location of client funds.
Henry Cruz acted as disciplinary counsel. Henry A. Warren represented himself. The online version of Washington State Bar News contains a link to the following document: Resignation Form of Henry A. Warren (ELC 9.3(b)).
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