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Washington’s New Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act: Explanation, Application, and Aspiration

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BY CHERYLL RUSSELL, JACQUELINE JESKE, AND CHRISTOPHER FOX Washington’s Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (UFLAA) provides a framework for the use of arbitration in resolving family law disputes in Washington state. The parties may, however, waive some or all of the arbitrator qualifications and criteria.

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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3

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Lawyers who intentionally lie to courts or engage in similar misconduct are usually on a quick path to a new line of work through disbarment or will have a long time to think about their error while serving a suspension. 9 Here, however, well focus on the ethics rule. m) to include administrative hearings and arbitrations.