Question: When you first talk with a new potential client, do you ask about potential bar dates? Eakin Enterprises, Inc. v. Stratton Ballew, PLLC, 2020 Wash. App. LEXIS 691 (Wash. Ct. App. March 24, 2020) John Eaken publicly displayed his cattle-foot-bath invention and then waited more than a year before filing a patent application.  During … Continue reading When is the Attorney-Client Relationship Created?