Court of Appeals of Washington June 19, 2012, No. 29741-1-III (LK Operating, LLC v. Collection Group, LLC)

Sweeney, J.

¶1 — Rules of professional conduct have been used to prohibit lawyers from enforcing agreements with clients that lawyers were a party to. But those same rules have not been applied to support actions for legal malpractice or for equitable relief or damages based on a lawyer’s ethical lapses.