In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Banks

This is a combined disciplinary proceeding brought by the Oregon State Bar against two of its members. The accuseds are partners in a large firm, the accused Thompson being in the firm’s business department, and the accused Banks being in its litigation department. The charges against both arise out of legal business transacted for United Medical Laboratories, a corporation (UML), its board of directors, its officers, the members of the family who owned the corporate stock, and a corporation competing with UML. As would be anticipated, the facts are complicated.

UML was engaged in operating a…