Enforcements for Office of the Attorney General
| Case | Agency | Violation/Result |
Penalty Amount |
Laws RCW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-053 | Office of the Attorney General |
Violation: Office of the Attorney General employees violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used documents for teaching a class that were copied from internal litigation files maintained at the Attorney General's Office regarding a 1992 Superior Court case. (see: 2007-053 and 2007-041) Result: Settlement approved on February 13, 2009 for a Civil penalty of $250 for each respondent. |
$250 | RCW 42.52.050 | |
| 2007-041 | Office of the Attorney General |
Violation: Office of the Attorney General employees violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used documents for teaching a class that were copied from internal litigation files maintained at the Attorney General's Office regarding a 1992 Superior Court case. (see: 2007-053 and 2007-041) Result: Settlement approved on February 13, 2009 for a Civil penalty of $250 for each respondent. |
$250 | RCW 42.52.050 | |
| 2000-036 | Office of the Attorney General |
Violation: A Washington State Attorney General's Office employee violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state property under their official control for their private benefit to pursue a private legal matter. Result: Final Order issued on October 10, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $3,500 and an addition $1,500 for investigative costs. |
$3,500 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
| 2003-020 | Office of the Attorney General |
Violation: A former Office of the Attorney General employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to prepare documents for a private lawsuit. Result: Settlement approved on March 11, 2005 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. |
$500 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
| 2025-064 | Office of the Attorney General |
Violation: Senior IT Project Manager with the Office of the Attorney General, agreed that they may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act. Evidence indicated that they are a member of several outside boards and committees and they attended meetings in state offices and conference rooms. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 13, 2026, imposing a civil penalty of $750 with $375 suspended. |
$750 | RCW 42.52.160 |
