Discipline Notice - Paul A. Petry

License Number: 23605
Member Name: Paul A. Petry
Discipline Detail
Action: Reprimand
Effective Date: 6/9/2026
RPC: 1.15A - Safeguarding Property
1.15B - Required Trust Account Records
Discipline Notice: Order Approving Stipulation to Reprimand
Stipulation to Reprimand
Notice of Reprimand
Description: Paul Andrew Petry (WSBA No. 23605, admitted 1994) of Seattle, WA, was reprimanded, effective 6/08/2026, by order of the Chief Hearing Officer. Thea Jennings acted as disciplinary counsel. Todd Anthony Bowers represented Respondent.
The lawyer’s conduct violated the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.15A (Safeguarding Property) and 1.15B (Required Trust Account Records).
Petry stipulated to reprimand for: 1) failing to maintain a check register for Respondent’s trust account, 2) failing to maintain complete and accurate client ledgers, 3) failing to reconcile a trust account check register to bank statements and failing to reconcile the trust account check register to the combined total of all client ledgers, 4) disbursing funds from a trust account before the client's deposit from which the fees were to be drawn had cleared Respondent’s trust account, and 5) disbursing funds from a trust account before Respondent had fully earned those fees.
Decision documents: Order Approving Stipulation to Reprimand; Stipulation to Reprimand; and Notice of Reprimand.


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