In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Samuels

In this combined disciplinary proceeding, 1 the Oregon State Bar, in two separate complaints, charged the accuseds, respectively, with substantially the same acts in violation of part of Canon 5 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. 2 The thrust of the four charges against the accuseds is that they failed to exercise independent professional judgment in behalf of a client.

Both the Trial Board and the Disciplinary Review Board found both accuseds not guilty on all four counts. We decide the facts upon the record made before the Trial Board. In re Drake, 292 Or 704, 706, 642 P2d 296…