APR 15
               LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION

     (a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to create a
     Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, to be maintained and
     administered as a trust by the Washington State Bar
     Association (WSBA), in order to promote public confidence in
     the administration of justice and the integrity of the legal
     profession.

     (b) Establishment. There is established the Lawyers' Fund
     for Client Protection (Fund). The Fund may be used for the
     purpose of relieving or mitigating a pecuniary loss
     sustained by any client by reason of the dishonesty of, or
     failure to account for money or property entrusted to, any
     member of the WSBA in connection with the member's practice
     of law or while acting as a fiduciary in a matter related to
     the member's practice of law. The Fund may also be used to
     relieve or mitigate like loss sustained by persons by reason
     of similar acts of an individual who was at one time a
     member of the WSBA but who was, at the time of the act
     complained of, under court ordered suspension. The Fund
     shall not be used for the purpose of relieving any pecuniary
     loss resulting from an attorney's negligent performance of
     services or for acts performed after a member is disbarred.
     Payments from the Fund shall be considered gifts to the
     recipients and shall not be considered entitlements.

     (c) Funding. The Supreme Court may provide for funding by
     assessment of members of the WSBA in amounts determined by
     the court upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors
     of the WSBA.

     (d) Enforcement. Failure to pay any fee assessed by the
     court on or before the date specified by the court shall be
     a cause for suspension from practice until payment has been
     made.

     (e) Restitution. A lawyer whose conduct results in payment
     to an applicant shall be liable to the Fund for restitution.

     (f) Administration. The Fund shall be maintained and
     administered by the Board of Governors acting as trustees
     for the Fund. The Board shall appoint the Lawyers' Fund for
     Client Protection Board (Client Protection Board) to
     administer the Fund pursuant to rules adopted by the Board
     of Governors and approved by the Supreme Court. The Client
     Protection Board shall consist of 11 lawyers and 2
     nonlawyers, who will be appointed to serve staggered 3-year
     terms.

     (g)  Subpoenas.   A  lawyer member of the Client  Protection
     Board,  or  counsel for the Washington State Bar Association
     assigned  to  the Client Protection Board,  shall  have  the
     power  to  issue subpoenas to compel the attendance  of  the
     lawyer being investigated or of a witness, or the production
     of  books, or documents, or other evidence, at the taking of
     a deposition.  A subpoena issued pursuant to this rule shall
     indicate  on  its  face  that  the  subpoena  is  issued  in
     connection   with   an  investigation   under   this   rule.
     Subpoenas  shall be served in the same manner  as  in  civil
     cases in the superior court.

     (h) Reports. The Board of Governors, in consultation with
     the Client Protection Board, shall file with the Supreme
     Court a full report on the activities and finances of the
     Fund at least annually and may make other reports to the
     court as necessary.

     (i) Communications to the Association:  Communications to
     the Association, Board of Governors (Trustees), Client
     Protection Board, Association staff, or any other individual
     acting under the authority of these rules, are absolutely
     privileged, and no lawsuit predicated thereon may be
     instituted against any applicant or other person providing
     information.

     [Adopted effective September 1, 1994; amended effective
     October 1, 2002; January 2, 2008; January 13, 2009.]