In Re Complaint as to Conduct of Adams

The Oregon State Bar filed a complaint against Harold W. Adams accusing him of unethical conduct in four separate causes:(1) Charging an excessive fee in violation of the standards of professional conduct. DR 2-106(A). 1(2) Filing in his own name a suit for a declaratory judgment seeking to set aside a Workers’ Compensation Board order to the prejudice or damage of his client in violation of DR 7-101 (A)(3). 2(3) Filing in his own name, in a separate action, a counterclaim against the same client seeking damages for mental anguish caused by the client’s reporting him to the Oregon State Bar.…