The Washington Supreme Court has disbarred attorney Robert J. Taylor-Manning, who had an office in Richland, for violating several rules of professional conduct.  

The court disbarred Taylor-Manning in February after finding he had violated the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Chris Chang acted as disciplinary counsel. Taylor-Manning represented himself. Seth A. Fine was the hearing officer.

The court found he:

• Failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness during the representation of clients. 
• Failed to keep clients reasonably informed about the status of their matter, and/or failed to promptly comply with reasonable requests for information. 
• Collected an unreasonable fee from clients.
• removed the advanced fees from trust prior to earning them and/or failing to provide reasonable notice to a client prior to removal.
• Failed to refund the portion of clients’ unearned advance fee deposit after the clients terminated Taylor-Manning’s services.
• Made a false statement in a deposition taken in a disciplinary investigation. 
• Failed to promptly provide a response to disciplinary counsel’s requests for a response to the grievance.

Taylor-Manning was a 1992 honors graduate of the University of Washington Law School, where he was on the editorial board of the Washington Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Board, according to his bio on the Elder Law Center website.

His solo practice, which had offices in Richland and Olympia, handled antitrust, consumer, elder, estate planning, probate, wills and family litigation, according to the Washington State Bar Association.

He was admitted to the state bar in 1992.

Taylor-Manning did not respond to requests for comment.