In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Howard

The principal issue is whether the accused should be suspended or disbarred for violations of various disciplinary rules in the Code of Professional Responsibility. Two members of the trial panel of the disciplinary board decided that the accused be “permanently disbarred,” and the third member, concurring in the findings of violations of the disciplinary rules, would have decided that the accused be suspended for three years.1 The decision of the trial panel that the accused be disbarred requires review by this court. ORS 9.536(2), BR 10.1. In this court the accused argues that we should…