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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 480. Utilities and Transportation Commission |
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Chapter 480-07. Procedural rules. |
Section 480-07-345. Appearance and practice before the commission.
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- (1) Minimum qualifications. No person may appear before the commission as a representative of a party to an adjudicative proceeding without meeting one of the following qualifications:(a) Membership in good standing in the Washington State Bar Association;(b) Admission to practice, in good standing, before the highest court of any other state or the District of Columbia;(c) Status as an officer or employee of a party or person seeking party status, if granted permission by the presiding officer to represent the party;(d) Status as a legal intern admitted to limited practice under Rule 9 of the Washington state supreme court's admission to practice rules. No legal intern, however, may appear without the presence of a supervising lawyer unless the presiding officer approves the intern's appearance in advance.The presiding officer may refuse to allow a person who does not have the requisite degree of legal training, experience, or skill to appear in a representative capacity.(2) Written notice of appearance and withdrawal by counsel or other representative is required. Attorneys or other authorized representatives that wish to appear on behalf of a party or person seeking party status, or to withdraw from a proceeding, must immediately provide separate written notice to the commission and all parties to the proceeding. Parties must supplement the written notice by submitting the document in electronic form as specified in WAC 480-07-140(5). A party's initial pleading filed in the proceeding must designate the party's representative. Later changes to the designation of authorized representative must be made by written notice to the commission, and a copy must be served on each other party in the proceeding. The party's initial pleading must also designate one person as its representative to accept service for the party itself.(3) Unethical conduct is not permitted. Persons appearing in proceedings before the commission in a representative capacity must conform to the standards of ethical conduct required of attorneys before the courts of Washington. Representatives are required to be familiar with, and conform to, the requirements of the rules of professional conduct that are part of the Washington court rules. If any representative fails to conform to those standards, the commission may exclude the person from the proceeding, may report the ethical violation to any appropriate licensing authority, and may refuse to permit the person to appear before it in a representative capacity in any future proceeding.(4) Former employees. Former employees of the commission are subject to the provisions of RCW 42.52.080, which governs employment after public service.
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480-07-140,