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13 Wash. St. B. News 1 (1958-1959)

handle is hein.barjournals/wasbn0013 and id is 1 raw text is: Wa hjtn tou S'tate Jla AtUa Vol. XIII, No. 1 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER - JANUARY Page 1 158 1958 1959 GEER REPORTS ON UPCOMING CONFERENCE Cornelius J. Peck of the University of Washington Law School has suggested that I, as co-chairman of the conference on Con- tinuing Legal Education - Probate Proce- dure, Wills and Trusts, should forward a short summary of this conference in order to entice additional registrations. Incidentally, the next session of ths conference is sched- uled for February 7, 1959, at Yakima Val- ley Junior College in Yakima; in Spokane April 4, and in Seattle April 25. Not being an adept enticer of attorneys, I give you the following brief summary for each of the four subjects to be presented in Yakima. Practical Problems in Drafting Wills. Charles I. Stone, partner in the firm Hol- man, Mickelwait, Marion, Black and Per- kins, of Seattle. A discussion of the lawyer's objective in drafting a will, a suggested out- line of provisions to be included to achieve most efficiently the results desired by the testator, a discussion of selected problems, including selection of guardian and execu- tor, powers of executor and trustees, spend- thrift provisions, and a consideration of both estate and income tax problems. The Rule Against Perpetuities. Orlo B. Kellogg, a partner in the firm of Bogle, Bogle, and Gates, of Seattle. Includes the background and purpose of the rule, the rule as construed and defined in Washington, its application to various situations, the di- vide and pay over rule, and a discussion of situations in the creation of trusts which pre- sent a warning that the rule and its effect on the validity thereof should be considered by the drafter of the instrument. Administration of Estates and Allow- ances. Joseph Nappi, practicing attorney in Spokane, Washington, and a member of the law faculty at Gonzaga University. A general presentation of the every day prob- lems of a probate practice, including powers and duties of the personal representative, Homestead awards, family allowances, and allowance for minor children during pro- bate. Preparation of Federal and State In- heritance Tax Returns and Settlement of Inheritance and Estate Tax Claims. Charles L. Thomas, partner in the firm of Carnahan, Gordon and Goodwin, of Ta- coma. This concluding portion of the con- ference includes pertinent suggestions as to preparation of returns and methods of han- dling certain special problems, in respect to both Federal and State returns, together with a complete coverage of procedural steps in the prosecution of claims for re- funds and tax relief. HORACE G. GEER. PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS LAW DAY FOR 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower has signed a proclamation designating May 1, 1959, as Law Day in the United States. This marks the second successive year that May 1 has been so designated. The presi- dential proclamation reads: WheRFas a free people can assure the blessings of liberty for themselves only if they recognize the necessity that the rule of law shall be supreme, and that all men shall be equal before the law; and WHEREAS this Nation was conceived by our forefathers as a nation of free men enjoying or- dered liberty under law and the supremacy of the law is essential to the existence of the Nation; and WiHEREAs appreciation of the importance of law in the daily lives of our citizens is a source of na- tional strength which contributes to public under- standing of thenecessity for the rule of law and the protection of the rights of the individual citi- zen; and WEEAs by directing the attention of the world to the liberty under law which we enjoy and the accomplishments of our system of free enter- prise we emphasize the contrast between our free- dom and the tyranny which enslaves the people of one-third of the world today; and \VnERMAs in paying tribute to the rule of law between men, we contribute to the elevation of the rule of law and its application to the solution of controversies between nations; Now, THEREFORE, I, DWIGUT D. EISENHOWER, President of United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 1, as Law Day in the United States of America. I urge the people of the United States to observe Law Day with appropriate public ceremonies and by the reaffirmance of their dedica- tion to our form of government and the supremacy of law in our lives. I especially urge the legal pro- fession, the schools and educational institutions, and all media of public information to take the lead in sponsoring and participating in appropriate observances throughout the Nation. 1959 CONVENTION The 1959 Washington State Bar Association annual meeting will h)e held in Spokane, Washing. ton, on September 18, 19, and 20, 1959. Mrs. Rails suggests you start planning now to attend. JUDGE WEAVER ASSUMES CHIEF JUSTICE POST Judge Frank P. Weaver took over as chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court January 12, 1959. He succeeds Judge Mat- thew W. Hill in accordance with court prac- tice which alternates the position. New six-year terms were commenced by Judges Hill, Richard B. Ott and Robert T. Hunter, all re-elected to their positions in the November election. RECENT LEGAL ETHICS OPINIONS SUMMARIZED Following is a summary of recent opin- ions of the Committee on Legal Ethics, Washington State Bar Association (com- plete opinions are available at the State Bar Office). Suggestion: Every lawyer should read the Canons twice a year. 1. A professional card inserted in The Fire Fighter giving name, address and title Attorney at Law held contrary to the Canons of Ethics as advertising. 2. The listing of attorneys in Marine Di- gest as attorney held to be violation of professional ethics. Under Canon 27 it is proper for lawyers to permit their names to be inserted in reputable law lists, viz., Lawyers Directories for use of the profes- sion. It has also been held by the American Bar Association Committee that the inclu- sion of lawyers' names in the alphabetical sections of the general telephone or general city directories is appropriate, and that the listing of lawyers' names in the classified sections of such directories, without the use of bold face distinctive type intended to single out some lawyers from others, is also appropriate, since these general directories appear to be all inclusive, for- user conveni- ence only, and not for advertising. (See also Wash. State Bar Opinions, Washington State Bar News, February, 1951, May, 1953; September-October, 1954; March, 1955; ABA Opinion No. 241). These gen- eral telephone and general city directories include all active lawyers and are general information media for the convenience of the whole general public without discrimina- tion. The test for an exception to the rule that lawyers' names may be listed only in a re- putable law list, or legal directory, insured primarily for use by lawyers, is that the lay directory must be essentially an all-inclusive general informational directory, because then it is not intended primarily to advertise the persons listed but to give information about all lawyers and all other persons in the community. Measured by these standards the listings of certain lawyers in the Marine Digest Di- rectory are improper in any form. They serve to bring the names of a few of many lawyers to the attention of a fragment of the business community which of course could be fractionalized in dozens of similar ways. Since these listings were made by the Marine Digest without any request therefor, inser- tions for the future should be immediately cancelled. 3. Attention perhaps again should be es- (Continued on Page 3)

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