Summary

• Jurisdiction: Washington

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Summary

§4.1	Introduction
§4.2	An Ounce of Prevention
§4.3	Mandatory Withdrawal
	(1)	Violation of RPC or Other Law
	(2)	Attorney's Physical or Mental Condition
	(3)	Client's Right to Discharge Attorney
§4.4	Permissive Withdrawal
	(1)	Client Crime or Fraud—Lawyer Reasonably Believes
	(2)	Client Crime or Fraud—Lawyer's Services Used to Perpetrate
	(3)	Action Lawyer Considers Repugnant or Has Fundamental Disagreement With

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	(4)	Failure of Client to Meet Obligations to Attorney
	(5)	Unreasonable Financial Burden or Unreasonable Difficulty Due to Client
	(6)	Other Good Cause
§4.5	Withdrawal in a Matter Before a Tribunal
	(1)	Generally
	(2)	In Washington State Court
		(a)	Under the Superior Court Civil Rules
		(b)	Under the Superior Court Criminal Rules
	(3)	In Federal Court
§4.6	Protection of Client Interest/Mitigation of Harm to Client Upon Withdrawal
§4.7	Withdrawal from Representation to Cure a Conflict of Interest (a/k/a the "Hot Potato" Rule)
§4.8	Other Authorities
	(1)	ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16
	(2)	WSBA Advisory Opinions
		(a)	WSBA Advisory Opinion 181 (1987)
		(b)	Other Relevant WSBA Advisory Opinions
	(3)

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