In re Complaint as to the Conduct of McMahon

The defendant, Thomas D. McMahon, was accused by the Oregon State Bar of unprofessional conduct consisting in general of acquiring from an aged aunt real and personal property and substantial 'sums of money while he was acting in a fiduciary relationship to her. The conduct complained of is described in *282more detail in Smith v. McMahon, 236 Or 310, 388 P2d 280 (1964).

The defendant filed no answer or other formal denial of the charges against him, and did not appear at the hearing before the trial committee. After a hearing the trial committee found the defendant guilty as charged and…