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Attorney Tarik Polovina of Everett, WA; crook, slacker
The State of Washington presented Tarik Polovina with a law license in 2017 after he graduated from the University of Washington School of Law.
The Washington State Bar found Tarik guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.
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Failed to respond to the State’s pleadings in a parentage matter
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Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
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Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty, or misrepresentation
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Failed to appear at summary judgment hearing on client’s behalf
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Failed to file a motion for an emergency hearing on behalf of his client
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Failed to communicate with his client regarding the status of a parentage matter
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Failed to inform his client about the State’s pleadings, the State’s requests for information, and the summary judgment hearing in the parentage matter
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Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Tarik!)
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Provided false information to his client about the reason for the court’s child support order
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Provided false information to his client’s new attorney
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Charged his client a fee for work not performed (crook)
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Falsely communicated to his client about the services he performed and the hours billed
As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Washington Supreme Court punished Tarik by gifting him with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.
As we speak (ca. May 2023), Tarik will resume his so-called practice of law in late 2024 in Everett, Washington.
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