In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Bristow

This is a lawyer disciplinary proceeding which was instituted by the Oregon State Bar in January 1982, against Walter S. Bristow III. The accused was charged with two violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility alleging a conflict of interest and the failure to preserve the confidences of a client.

The complaint arose out of the accused’s relationship with Unlimited Business Exchange (UBE), a barter-trade business. A Mr. Barnes and a Mr. Thomason operated a UBE franchise in Eugene, Oregon. The franchise had been granted to them in April 1979, by Willis L. Wright & Associates, Inc., a…