In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Phelps

The Oregon State Bar charged the accused with violating numerous disciplinary rules in his handling of four different transactions. A Trial Panel of the Disciplinary Board found most of the charges proven by clear and convincing evidence and decided that the accused should be suspended from the practice of law for three years and required to pass the ethics portion of the Bar examination as a condition of reinstatement. On review de novo in this court, the Bar contends that the accused should be disbarred because his professional misconduct included misappropriation of funds belonging to…