Complaint to the Hershberger

This is a disciplinary proceeding by the Oregon State Bar charging the accused with having an improper conflict of interest in filing a suit to foreclose a contract naming, as two of the several defendants in that proceeding, a husband and wife then represented by him in a bankruptcy proceeding. The Trial Board, with one member dissenting, found the accused guilty of that charge and recommended that the accused be administered a public reprimand; that he reimburse his former clients for $290 paid by them to other attorneys to complete the bankruptcy proceeding and that he certify that he has…