In re Weidner

In this Bar disciplinary case, a trial panel found the accused guilty of numerous violations of criminal statutes and of 19 violations of disciplinary rules. The trial panel’s decision was disbarment.1 Under ORS 9.536(2), review by this court is automatic. Review is conducted de novo under ORS 9.536(3).

The accused has raised various defenses to the Bar’s charges of disciplinary misconduct contained in its amended complaint against the accused. The accused relies on a general defense of “necessity.” He does not, however, apply that defense to the Gannon Estate charges. Therefore, before…