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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I have a financial advisor asking me to put together a ‘certificate opinion for the trust’ of one of my old long-term clients who hold property in a Washington revocable living trust. The proposed letter is quite detailed and has lots of warranties on my behalf. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ethically it screams don't do it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It's one of those ‘if anything goes wrong, the lawyer gets sued’ letters.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any experience with these and is there an ethics ruling I can cite to?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note that effective May 15, 2015, my new address is 7 South Howard St., Suite 218, Spokane, WA 99201. All other contact information remains the same.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><img width="86" height="130" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D10111.359712A0" align="left" hspace="12"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robert R. Rowley</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> | Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">7 S. Howard St, Suite 218</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spokane, WA 99201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Telephone: (509) 252-5074</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mobile: (509) 994-1143</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Facsimile: (509) 928-3084</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Web Site: </span><a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">www.rowleylegal.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practice concentrated on business, real estate and general legal matters in Washington and Idaho.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rowleylegal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.gif@01D10111.35881E80"></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-rowley/11/172/b20"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.gif@01D10111.35881E80"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ROBERTRROWLEY"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.gif@01D10111.35881E80"></span></a><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/robert-r-rowley-spokane"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="21" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D10111.359712A0"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender and promptly delete the message. Thank you for your assistance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">DISCLAIMER: You should recognize that responses provided by e-mail means are akin to ordinary telephone or face-to-face conversations and do not reflect the level of factual or legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal legal opinion. A formal opinion may very well reach a different conclusion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>