In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Holman

The Oregon State Bar complains that the accused attorney, as trustee of the “Jackson Trust,” an express trust, in the approximately two and one-half year period from the late Fall of 1978 to the Summer of 1981, stole some $42,000 from the trust assets in violation of a disciplinary rule, DR 1-102(A)(4), which provides:

“A lawyer shall not: [e]ngage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”

The Bar further complains that the accused commingled those funds from the trust assets with his personal funds and used the commingled funds for his own benefit in violation of…