IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO RPC 1.8(k)

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-680

The Washington State Bar Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to RPC 1.8(k), and the Court having considered the amendment and comments submitted thereto, and having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt ad orderly administration of justice;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendment as attached hereto is adopted.

(b) That the amendment will be published in the Washington Reports and will become effective upon publication.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 8th day of June 2000.

	Guy, C.J.
Smith, J.
Johnson, J.	Madsen, J.
Alexander, J.	Ireland, J.
Talmadge, J.	Bridge, J.

(a) [no change].

(b) [no change].

(c) [no change].

(d) [no change].

(e) [no change].

(f) [no change].

(g) [no change].

(h) [no change].

(i) [no change].

(j) [no change].

(k) Shall not:

(1) have sexual relations with a current client of the lawyer unless a consensual sexual relationship existed between them at the time the lawyer/client relationship commenced; or

(2) have sexual relations with a representative of a current client if the sexual relations would, or would likely, damage or prejudice the client in the representation.

(3) For purposes of rule 1.8(k), "lawyer" means any lawyer who assists in the representation of the client, but does not include other firm members who provide no such assistance.

Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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