Discipline Notice - Kevin T. Helenius

License Number: 11064
Member Name: Kevin T. Helenius
Discipline Detail
Action: Suspension
Effective Date: 8/22/2024
RPC: 1.15A - Safeguarding Property
1.15B - Required Trust Account Records
1.4 - Communication
1.5 - Fees
5.3 - Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants
Discipline Notice: Supreme Court Order
Order Approving Stipulation
Stipulation
Description: Kevin Thomas Helenius (WSBA No. 11064, admitted 1980) of Kirkland, WA, was suspended for 90 days, effective 8/22/2024, by order of the Washington Supreme Court. Francisco Rodriguez acted as disciplinary counsel. Kevin Thomas Helenius represented themselves.

The lawyer’s conduct violated the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.4 (Communication), 1.5 (Fees), 1.15A (Safeguarding Property), 1.15B (Required Trust Account Records), 5.3 (Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants).

Helenius stipulated to suspension for: 1) failing to make reasonable efforts to supervise a paralegal; 2) failing to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of the client’s matter and failing to respond to the client’s reasonable requests for information; 3) failing to provide a client with the agreed upon legal services and failing to refund unearned fees after the representation ended; 4) failing to deposit cash payments for fees that has not yet been earned and cash payments for costs that had not yet been incurred into a trust account; 5) failing to maintain a check register containing information required by the RPC and failing to perform the required reconciliations; 6) failing to maintain client ledgers; 7) failing to retain copies of fee agreements.

Decision documents: Disciplinary Board Order Approving Stipulation; Stipulation to Suspension; and Washington Supreme Court Order.


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