Regulation 3 - CLIENT PROTECTION BOARD(a) Membership. The Client Protection Board shall consist of 11 lawyers, LLLTs, or LPOs and 2 community representatives who are not licensed to practice law, appointed by the Trustees for terms not exceeding three years each.(b) Vacancies. Vacancies on the Client Protection Board shall be filled by appointment of the Trustees.(c) Officers. The Trustees shall appoint a chairperson of the Client Protection Board for a term of one year or until a successor is appointed. The secretary of the Client Protection Board shall be a staff member of the Bar assigned to the Client Protection Board by the Executive Director of the Bar.(d) Meetings. The Client Protection Board shall meet not less than once per year upon call of the chairperson, or at the request of the staff member of the Bar, who shall not be entitled to vote on Client Protection Board matters.(e) Quorum. A majority of the Client Protection Board members, excluding the secretary, shall constitute a quorum.(f) Record of Meetings. The secretary shall maintain minutes of the Client Protection Board deliberations and recommendations.(g) Authority and Duties of Client Protection Board. The Client Protection Board shall have the power and authority to:(1) Consider claims for reimbursement of pecuniary loss and make a report and recommendation regarding payment or nonpayment on any claim to the Trustees.(2) Provide a full report of its activities annually to the Supreme Court and the Trustees and to make other reports and to publicize its activities as the Court or Trustees may deem advisable.(h) Conflict of Interest.(1) A Client Protection Board member who has or has had a lawyer/client relationship or financial relationship with an applicant or lawyer, LLLT, or LPO who is the subject of an application shall not participate in the investigation or deliberation of an application involving that applicant or lawyer, LLLT, or LPO.(2) A Client Protection Board member with a past or present relationship, other than that as provided in section (1), with an applicant or lawyer, LLLT, or LPO who is the subject of an application, shall disclose such relationship to the Client Protection Board and, if the Client Protection Board deems it appropriate, that member shall not participate in any action relating to that application.Wash. Admi. And. Prac. R., APR 15, reg. 3
Adopted effective 7/18/1995; Amended effective 1/13/2009;9/1/2017.