In re Complaint as to the Conduct of Holmes

This is a disciplinary proceeding by the Oregon State Bar charging the accused, a Salem lawyer, with having a conflict of interest under DR 5-105 when the accused represented multiple clients in a consolidated lien foreclosure case.

The Disciplinary Review Board sustained without dissent the recommendation of the Trial Board that the charges against the accused be dismissed. The Trial Board found no actual conflict of interest among the accused’s clients at the time of his representation. The Trial Board found that the accused could adequately represent the interests of each client, each…