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Christopher P. Bartow (WSBA No. 29559, admitted 1999), of Ellensburg, was suspended for six months, effective June 9, 2006, by order of the Washington State Supreme Court, following a stipulation. This discipline was based on his conduct in 2004 involving the crime of third-degree assault.
In October 2004, Mr. Bartow was charged by information in Snohomish County Superior Court with the felony of third-degree assault in violation of RCW 9A.36.031(1)(g) (assault on a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault). In November 2004, a jury convicted Mr. Bartow as charged.
Mr. Bartow’s conduct violated RPC 8.4(b), prohibiting a lawyer from committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; RPC 8.4(d), prohibiting a lawyer from engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice; and RPC 8.4(i), prohibiting a lawyer from committing any act involving moral turpitude, or corruption, or any unjustified act of assault or other act which reflects disregard for the rule of law, whether the same be committed in the course of his or her conduct as a lawyer, or otherwise.
Linda B. Eide represented the Bar Association. Mr. Bartow represented himself. |