Discipline Notice - Terry H. Simon

License Number: 15409
Member Name: Terry H. Simon
Discipline Detail
Action: Suspension
Effective Date: 12/18/2023
RPC: 1.15A - Safeguarding Property
1.15B - Required Trust Account Records
1.3 - Diligence
1.4 - Communication
8.4 (l) - Violate ELCs
Discipline Notice: Order Approving Stipulation
Stipulation
Supreme Court Order
Description: Terry Hood Simon (WSBA No. 15409, admitted 1985) of Monroe, WA, was suspended for one year, effective 12/18/2023, by order of the Washington Supreme Court. Kathy Jo Blake and Marsha Matsumoto acted as disciplinary counsel. Terry Hood Simon represented themselves.
The lawyer’s conduct violated the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.3 (Diligence), 1.4 (Communication), 1.15A (Safeguarding Property), 1.15B (Required Trust Account Records), 8.4(l) (ELC Violation).
Simon stipulated to suspension for: 1) failing to diligently represent a Client, 2) failing to communicate with a Client regarding the status of the case and failing to respond to the Client’s reasonable requests for information, 3) failing to promptly pay or deliver funds to Client they were entitled to receive, 4) failing to maintain complete and current client ledgers, 5) failing to reconcile a trust account check register to a combined total of client ledgers, 6) commingling lawyer funds with client funds in his trust account, 7) failing to promptly respond to requests for information during the grievance investigation.
Decision documents: Disciplinary Board Order Approving Stipulation; Stipulation to Suspension; and Washington Supreme Court Order.


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