In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Hedrick

In this lawyer discipline case, the accused was charged with violations of five sections of the Code of Professional Responsibility in connection with litigation concerning an estate. A trial panel found the accused guilty of violating four sections of the Code and recommended that he be suspended from the practice of law for 180 days. On automatic de novo review, ORS 9.536(2), we find the accused guilty of all five charges. We suspend the accused from the practice of law for two years.

All the allegations of impropriety by the accused arose out of two wills of a former client of the accused,…