RPC RULE 5.8
  MISCONDUCT INVOLVING DISBARRED, SUSPENDED, RESIGNED, AND INACTIVE LAWYERS


  (a) A lawyer shall not engage in the practice of law while on inactive
status, or while suspended from the practice of law for any cause.

  (b) A lawyer shall not engage in any of the following with an individual
who is a disbarred or suspended lawyer or who has resigned in lieu of disbarment:

     (1)  practice law with or in cooperation with such an individual;

     (2)  maintain an office for the practice of law in a room or  office
occupied or used in whole or in part by such an individual;

     (3)  permit  such  an individual to use the lawyer's  name  for  the
practice of law;

     (4)  practice law for or on behalf of such an individual; or

     (5)  practice law under any arrangement or understanding for division
of fees or compensation of any kind with such an individual.


Washington Comment

   [1] The provisions of this Rule were taken from former Washington
RPC 5.5(d) and (e) (as amended in 2002).


[Adopted effective September 1, 2006.]