In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Wheelock

Mr. C. E. Wheelock, the accused, was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1938 and proceeded at once with the active practice of law. ■ In 1956 a Mrs. Jacqne Williamson of Portland engaged his services to protect her interest in an estate which was under probate in Clovis, New Mexico. The estate was that of an intestate by the name of Mrs. J. D. Bailey who was Mrs. Williamson’s mother. Mrs. Williamson was one of five children who survived their mother. One of the five was a son. They were the only heirs. Ill feeling, or a sense of mistrust, existed among some of the five. Mrs. Williamson was…