In re Complaint as to the Conduct of BACH

The Oregon State Bar filed 23 specific charges against the accused. Generally, the accused is. charged •with (1) failing to maintain adequate records and accounts of trust assets; (2) making improper loans of trust assets to clients and other persons who were not beneficiaries of the trust; and (3) misappropriating trust assets. The accused’s amended answer admits making many of the loans and that he used trust assets to secure a personal obligation. The trial committee found the accused guilty of mishandling his client’s trust account which “resulted in a substantial loss to his client” and…