Limits on Attorney Use of Immigration Status in Washington
AP reports that person’s legal status in the country can’t be used in civil cases by attorneys to intimidate or coerce under a new rule approved by the Washington Supreme Court last week. The Court amended the Rules of Professional Conduct that attorneys licensed in the state must follow Members of the Latino/a Bar Association of Washington had seen attorneys and, in some cases, judges discuss a person’s legal status in the country openly in court to intimidate.
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