Attorney-Client—Disciplinary Proceedings—Mental Competency

Authors

Evan L. Schwab

Abstract

May mental irresponsibility be an effective defense in disciplinary proceedings brought against an attorney? The Washington court answered in the affirmative in the recent case of In re Sherman, setting forth the requirements for such a defense.

First Page

114

Recommended Citation

Evan L. Schwab, Washington Case Law, Attorney-Client—Disciplinary Proceedings—Mental Competency, 37 Wash. L. Rev. 114 (1962).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol37/iss2/3