State ex rel Frohnmayer v. Oregon State Bar

The Oregon State Bar appeals the trial court’s grant of a writ of mandamus. The writ requires the Bar to transmit records in a disciplinary matter to the Attorney General so that he may determine whether the Bar must disclose them pursuant to a request under the Public Records Act. ORS 192.410 to ORS 192.505. We affirm.

The Bar instituted a disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer. The accused lawyer’s counsel, after receiving the discovery from the Bar’s files to which Bar Rule 4.5 entitled him, asked the Bar to produce further materials for his inspection under the act. The Bar refused on…