In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Mumford

This is a proceeding brought by the Oregon State Bar against two of its members, who are partners, charging them with a conflict of interest.

The accuseds represented a husband in a divorce case and in making a settlement with his wife. The settlement agreement, which was incorporated in the divorce decree, provided that the husband pay the wife $40,000 in installments of $330 a month over a period of approximately ten years. Thereafter, during the ten-year period, the wife remarried and then died. Immediately prior to her death, she assigned her interest under the agreement to her then…