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Alexandra Lozano (WSBA No. 40478, admitted 2008) of Tukwila, WA, resigned in lieu of discipline, effective 5/26/2026. The lawyer agrees that they are aware of the alleged misconduct in disciplinary counsel’s Statement of Alleged Misconduct and rather than defend against the allegations, they wish to permanently resign from membership in the Association. Marina Busse and Claire Carden acted as disciplinary counsel. Kevin M Bank, Angelo J Calfo, Harold Malkin and Tyler S Weaver represented Respondent.
The Statement of Alleged Misconduct reflects the following violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.5 (Fees), 1.7 (Conflict of Interest: Current Clients), 3.1 (Meritorious Claims and Contentions), 5.3 (Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants), 5.5 (Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law), 8.4(c) (Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation) and 8.4(d) (Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice).
Lozano’s alleged misconduct includes: 1) directing staff to utilize a script that contained false and/or misleading information when communicating with prospective clients, 2) filing applications for immigration benefits with USCIS when Respondent knew the clients were ineligible for those benefits, 3) utilizing nonlawyers to perform legal functions on behalf of clients, and/or delegating legal functions to nonlawyer staff such as performing client consultations and providing legal advice and/or providing Respondent’s signature stamp for nonlawyer staff to affix to documents that Respondent did not personally review, 4) failing to adequately supervise nonlawyer staff who performed legal functions and
affixed Respondent’s signature to filings, 5) referring clients to Salud Total without disclosing that evaluations were performed by unlicensed individuals, 6) directing staff to submit forms to USCIS bearing signatures that falsely certified that Respondent had prepared the forms, 7) charging unreasonable fees for work performed by nonlawyers and for preparation of applications for which the clients were ineligible.
Decision document: Resignation Form of Alexandra Lozano (ELC 9.3(b)).
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