Attorney Grievance Commission v. Coppola

MURPHY, J., dissenting in which BELL, C.J., joins.

If I were persuaded that the Respondent had engaged in a “pattern of misconduct” within the meaning of ABA Standard 9.22(c), I would not dissent from the decision to disbar. I am persuaded, however, that this Court should overrule Bar Counsel’s exception to the hearing judge’s “failure” to find that the Respondent engaged in a “pattern of misconduct,” as that term has been interpreted by the Supreme Court of Oregon in In re Redden, 842 Or. 393, 153 P.3d 113, 114-15 (2007), and by the Supreme Court of Arizona in In re Levine, *412174 Ariz. 146,…