In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Mahr

This is a proceeding involving a young attorney who was convicted of shoplifting and then reported that conviction to the Oregon State Bar.

The Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar, pursuant to § 3 of its Rules of Procedure referred the matter to a grievance committee for investigation and report, with findings and recommendations. That committee unanimously recommended that the proceeding be dismissed. The Board of Governors then, pursuant to §§ 3 and 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Oregon State Bar, certified to this court the record of the conviction.

Section 4 of the Rules of…