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OR Rev Stat § 9.536 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.536 - Disciplinary board decision; appeal to Supreme Court; review; costs.

(1) Upon the conclusion of a hearing, the disciplinary board shall file with the State Court Administrator a written decision in the matter. The Oregon State Bar or the accused may seek review of the decision by the Supreme Court. Such review shall be a matter of right upon the request of either party. Otherwise, the decision of the disciplinary board shall be final. The procedure for seeking discretionary review and on review shall be as provided in the rules of procedure. (2) When a matter is before the Supreme Court for review, the court shall consider the matter de novo and may adopt, modify or reject the decision of the disciplinary board in whole or in part and thereupon enter an appropriate order. (3) The Supreme Court, or the disciplinary board in cases where its decision has become final, may award judgment in any bar proceeding for all or part of a party’s actual and necessary costs and disbursements incurred. The procedures for recovery of such costs and disbursements shall be the same as in civil cases. (4) The State Court Administrator shall enter any judgment for costs and disbursements in the records of the Supreme Court and shall forward a certified copy of the judgment to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the member or applicant resides or maintains an office for the practice of law or other business. If a judgment for costs and disbursements is entered against the bar, the State Court Administrator shall forward a certified copy of the judgment to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the bar maintains its principal place of business. On receipt of a certified copy of the judgment, the clerk of the circuit court shall file it and cause it to be entered in the circuit court register. Such judgment shall thereafter have the same force and effect, may be enforced by execution in the same manner, may be extended in the same manner and, upon payment, shall be satisfied in the same manner as other judgments entered in circuit court. [1983 c.618 §6; 1985 c.540 §25; 1991 c.790 §2; 1997 c.149 §1; 2003 c.192 §4; 2003 c.576 §175]
OR Rev Stat § 9.537 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.537 - Civil immunity of witnesses, bar officials and employees.

(1) Any person who has made a complaint to the bar concerning the conduct of an attorney, or who has given information or testimony in or relative to a proposed or pending admission, reinstatement or disciplinary proceeding is absolutely immune from civil liability for any such acts. (2) The Oregon State Bar and its officers, the members of the state professional responsibility board, the board of bar examiners, the board of governors and the disciplinary board, bar counsel, investigators, disciplinary monitors, mentors and employees of the bar are absolutely immune from civil liability in the performance of their duties relative to proposed or pending admission, professional licensing requirements, reinstatement or disciplinary proceedings. [1983 c.618 §7; 2017 c.524 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 9.539 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.539 - Application to admission and reinstatement proceedings.

ORS 9.534 and 9.536 apply to admission and reinstatement proceedings to the extent provided in the rules of procedure. However, the Supreme Court shall review the decisions of the disciplinary board in all such matters. [1983 c.618 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 9.542 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.542 - Rules for investigation of attorneys and applicants; authority of board of governors to require fingerprints.

(1) The board of governors, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court, may adopt rules of procedure relating to the investigation of the conduct of attorneys and applicants for admission and reinstatement to the bar, and relating to the conduct of admission, reinstatement and disciplinary proceedings. (2) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the board of governors may require the fingerprints of a person who is applying for admission or reinstatement to the bar or for renewal of a license issued by the bar. [1983 c.618 §9; 2005 c.730 §56]
OR Rev Stat § 9.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.545

[1983 c.617 §2 (enacted in lieu of 9.595); 1999 c.171 §1; renumbered 9.568 in 1999]
OR Rev Stat § 9.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.555 - Copy of complaint or notice to Attorney General when bar is plaintiff or defendant; exceptions.

(1) Upon commencement of any action in which the bar is a plaintiff, the bar shall mail a copy of the complaint by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Attorney General and shall file proof of such mailing with the court. (2) When the bar is served with summons and complaint in an action in which the bar is named as a defendant, the bar shall give notice to the Attorney General by mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to the Attorney General by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, within five working days of the date of service on the bar. (3) The notice provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to matters involving admission of any applicant to the bar, discipline or reinstatement of a member of the bar or claims made against a member of the bar for which the professional liability fund of the bar may be obligated to pay money damages under ORS 9.080 (2). [1985 c.446 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 9.572 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.572 - Bar to establish Legal Services Program; director; advisory and technical committees.

(1) The Oregon State Bar shall by rule establish a Legal Services Program. The program shall provide standards and guidelines for legal service providers receiving funding from the program. The rules shall also provide methods for evaluating legal service providers. Funding received under the program may be used only for the provision of legal services to the poor without charge and for expenses incurred by the Oregon State Bar in the administration of the Legal Services Program. (2) The Oregon State Bar shall appoint a director of the Legal Services Program established under this section. The bar shall prescribe the duties of the director and fix the salary of the director. (3) The Oregon State Bar may establish any advisory or technical committees it deems necessary to advise the bar in establishing and operating the Legal Services Program. [1997 c.801 §73; 2011 c.595 §99]
OR Rev Stat § 9.576 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.576 - Review of providers; mediation; hearing; suspension of funding.

(1) The director of the Legal Services Program appointed under ORS 9.572 shall periodically review legal service providers who receive funding from the program. If the director determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a provider is not in substantial compliance with the standards and guidelines adopted under ORS 9.572, the director shall negotiate with the provider in an attempt to bring the program into compliance. (2) If the director of the Legal Services Program is unable to negotiate satisfactory compliance with the standards and guidelines of the program established by the Oregon State Bar under ORS 9.572, the director shall give the provider 30 days in which to bring the program into compliance. If the director concludes that the program is not in compliance at the end of the 30-day period, the matter shall be submitted to mediation. The director and the provider shall jointly select a mediator. If the director and provider are unable to select a mediator within 15 days after the expiration of the 30-day period, any presiding judge for a judicial district may appoint a mediator upon the petition of the director. (3) If mediation under subsection (2) of this section fails to produce a resolution of the matter, the director shall give the provider notice that a hearing will be held not sooner than 30 days after the date the notice is given. If, after hearing, the director determines that the provider is not in compliance with the standards and guidelines of the program and that the provider has failed to show satisfactory progress toward achieving compliance, the director shall suspend further funding of the program until such time as the provider makes a showing of compliance. [1997 c.801 §74; 2011 c.595 §100]
OR Rev Stat § 9.578 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.578 - Funding sources.

The Oregon State Bar may apply for, accept and expend moneys from any public or private source, including the federal government, made available for the purpose of establishing or funding legal service programs in Oregon. [1997 c.801 §75]
OR Rev Stat § 9.582 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.582 - Use of amounts not paid to class members in class action lawsuits.

All amounts paid or delivered to the Oregon State Bar under ORCP 32 O are continuously appropriated to the Oregon State Bar, and may be used only for the funding of legal services provided through the Legal Services Program established under ORS 9.572. [2015 c.2 §4] Note: 9.582 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 9 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 9.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.615 - Definition for ORS 9.615 to 9.665.

As used in ORS 9.615 to 9.665, "client security fund" means a fund created under ORS 9.625. [1967 c.546 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 9.625 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.625 - Plan to relieve client losses; rules.

The board of governors may adopt a plan to relieve or mitigate pecuniary losses to the clients of active members caused by dishonest conduct of those members in their practice of law. The plan may provide for establishing, administering and dissolving a separate fund and for payments from that fund to reimburse losses and costs and expenses of administering the fund. The board may adopt rules of procedure to carry out the plan. The insurance laws of the state shall not apply to this fund. [1967 c.546 §3; 1975 c.641 §10; 1989 c.1052 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 9.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.635 - Sources of client security fund.

A client security fund may include: (1) Transfers by the board of governors from other funds of the state bar; (2) Voluntary contributions and payments by members under ORS 9.645; (3) Claims recovered under ORS 9.665; and (4) Income from investments of the fund. [1967 c.546 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 9.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.645 - Annual payment by state bar members.

To establish and maintain a client security fund, the board of governors may require an annual payment by each active member of the state bar. The payment authorized by this section shall be due at the same time, and enforced in the same manner, as payment of the annual membership fee. [1967 c.546 §5; 1975 c.641 §11; 1979 c.314 §1; 1983 c.122 §1; 1989 c.1052 §25; 1991 c.726 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 9.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.655 - Investigation of claim of loss; subpoena.

(1) Upon the filing of a claim, verified under oath, by a client claiming a pecuniary loss payable from the client security fund, the board of governors or its designated representative shall determine if the person named in the claim as the attorney whose dishonest conduct caused the loss was an active member of the Oregon State Bar engaged in the practice of law in Oregon at the time of the transaction out of which the claim arose and whether the transaction arose out of the person’s practice of law in Oregon. The board or designated representative shall then determine whether the loss was caused by the person’s dishonest conduct and if the person: (a) Has been found guilty of a crime arising out of the dishonest conduct; (b) In the case of a claim of loss of $5,000 or less, has been disbarred, suspended or reprimanded in disciplinary proceedings or has resigned from the bar due to circumstances arising out of the dishonest conduct; or (c) Is a judgment debtor under the money award portion of a judgment entered in favor of the client in a proceeding arising out of the dishonest conduct, and execution issued on the judgment has been returned uncollected or issuance of execution would be a useless act. (2) At any time after a claim is filed by a client claiming a pecuniary loss payable from the client security fund, the board or the board’s representative may compel by subpoena the person named in the claim as the attorney whose dishonest conduct caused the loss, or any other person having knowledge of the matter, to appear for the purpose of giving testimony, and may compel by subpoena the production of records and documents pertinent to the claim. The subpoena shall have the same force and effect as in a civil action in the circuit court, and may be enforced by order of the circuit court for the county in which the person was served. [1967 c.546 §6; 1975 c.641 §12; 1979 c.383 §1; 1989 c.1052 §13; 2003 c.576 §279; 2005 c.347 §4; 2007 c.59 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 9.657 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.657 - Immunity from civil liability.

(1) Any person who has made a claim with the client security fund committee of the bar concerning a loss allegedly caused by the intentional dishonest conduct of the person’s lawyer, or who has given information to the bar relative to a client security fund claim or award shall be absolutely immune from civil liability for such acts. (2) The Oregon State Bar, its officers, the members of the client security fund committee, the board of governors, bar counsel, investigators and employees of the bar shall be absolutely immune from civil liability in the performance of their duties relative to client security fund claims or awards. [1989 c.1052 §4; 2021 c.497 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 9.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.665 - Authority for reimbursement of client; waiver of conditions; subrogation for amount paid.

(1) Except as provided in this section, reimbursement from the client security fund is discretionary with the board of governors. (2) The board shall not authorize payment unless the conditions of ORS 9.655 (1) have been found to exist. However, the board may, in its sole discretion, waive one or more of the conditions of ORS 9.655 (1) in cases of extreme hardship or special and unusual circumstances. The state bar is subrogated, in the amount that a client’s claim is reimbursed from the client security fund, to all rights and remedies of that client against the attorney whose dishonest conduct caused the loss, against the estate of the attorney or against any other person liable for the loss. [1967 c.546 §7; 1989 c.1052 §14; 1991 c.726 §7; 2003 c.14 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 9.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.675 - Mandatory certification and disclosures for lawyer trust accounts.

(1) An active member of the Oregon State Bar shall certify annually to the bar whether the member maintains any lawyer trust accounts in Oregon. If a member maintains one or more lawyer trust accounts, the member must disclose the financial institution in which each account is held and the account number for each account. The chief executive officer of the bar shall prescribe a form and due date for the certification and disclosures required by this section. (2) If a member does not file the certification and disclosures required by this section by the due date prescribed under subsection (1) of this section, the chief executive officer shall give the member written notice of default and prescribe a reasonable time to cure the default. The chief executive officer shall send the notice of default to the member at the member’s electronic mail address on file with the bar on the date of the notice of default. The chief executive officer shall send the notice of default by mail to any member who is not required to have an electronic mail address on file with the bar under the rules of procedure. If a member does not file the certification and disclosures required by this section within the time allowed to cure the default as stated in the notice of default, the person’s membership in the bar is automatically suspended. The chief executive officer shall provide the names of all persons suspended under this section to the judges of the circuit courts, the Court of Appeals and the Oregon Tax Court. (3) A person suspended under this section may be reinstated to membership in the bar only if the person pays all required fees and contributions and complies with all rules of procedure and rules of the Supreme Court relating to reinstatement. [2011 c.304 §2; 2013 c.3 §3; 2017 c.94 §12; 2019 c.248 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 9.685 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.685 - Trust account overdraft notification program.

(1) Subject to the requirements of ORS 9.490, the Supreme Court may establish a trust account overdraft notification program for attorneys. (2) The board of governors may adopt regulations for the administration of a trust account overdraft notification program established under this section. Regulations adopted under this subsection are binding upon all members of the bar only after those regulations are approved by the Supreme Court. [Formerly 9.132]
OR Rev Stat § 9.688 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.688 - Circuit court jurisdiction to determine entitlement to property in lawyer trust account.

A circuit court has jurisdiction to determine who is entitled to property contained in a lawyer trust account during a probate of a deceased attorney’s estate. [2021 c.497 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 9.695 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.695 - Status of files or work premises of lawyer; inadmissibility of evidence subject to search or seizure.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 133.535, the files, papers, effects or work premises of a lawyer relating to the provision of legal service by the lawyer shall not be subject to search or seizure by any law enforcement officer, either by search warrant or otherwise. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply where there is probable cause to believe that the lawyer has committed, is committing or is about to commit a crime. (3) As used in this section, "lawyer" means a member of the Oregon State Bar or a person licensed to practice law in any court of this state or any court of record of the United States or of any state, territory or other jurisdiction of the United States. (4) Evidence or the fruits thereof obtained in violation of this section shall be inadmissible in any criminal or civil action or proceeding, except for an action or suit brought for violation of this section or the rights protected thereby. [1981 c.908 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 9.705 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.705 - Definitions for ORS 9.705 to 9.757.

As used in ORS 9.705 to 9.757: (1) "Affected attorney" means a member or former member of the Oregon State Bar whose law practice is placed within the jurisdiction of the court under ORS 9.720 or as to whom a petition has been filed to place such law practice within the jurisdiction of the court under ORS 9.715. (2) "Law practice" means a practice conducted by an individual, a partnership or a professional corporation. [1979 c.252 §2; 1985 c.512 §4; 1989 c.1052 §15; 2015 c.6 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 9.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.710 - Jurisdiction of circuit court over law practice of nonperforming attorney.

The circuit court of the county in which an attorney engaged in the practice of law in this state maintains or has maintained a principal office has jurisdiction as provided in ORS 9.705 to 9.757 whenever the attorney has died, is disbarred or suspended from the active practice of law, is incarcerated or has abandoned the practice and: (1) The attorney failed to make arrangements for the orderly suspension or termination of the law practice of the attorney; or (2) A duly appointed personal representative or other person assisting with the suspension or termination of the law practice is unable to adequately protect the interests of the attorney’s clients. [1979 c.252 §3; 1985 c.512 §5; 1989 c.1052 §16; 2015 c.6 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 9.715 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.715 - Petition to take jurisdiction over law practice.

(1) When the Oregon State Bar or an attorney determines that one of the circumstances listed in ORS 9.710 exists, the bar or the attorney may petition the court ex parte to take immediate jurisdiction over the affected attorney’s law practice as provided in ORS 9.705 to 9.757. (2) When an attorney files a petition under subsection (1) of this section, the attorney shall provide notice to the Oregon State Bar. [1979 c.252 §4; 1985 c.512 §6; 1989 c.1052 §17; 1991 c.249 §2; 2015 c.6 §3; 2021 c.497 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 9.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 009 - Attorneys; Law Libraries|Section 9.720 - Court taking jurisdiction over law practice.

If the court finds that it has jurisdiction and finds that the assumption of such jurisdiction is necessary in order to protect the interest of the clients of the affected attorney or to protect the public interest, the court may, by appropriate order, immediately take jurisdiction over the law practice of the affected attorney to the extent the court determines is necessary. The exercise of jurisdiction may extend only to the affected attorney’s lawyer trust account or may include all legal files, clients’ trust funds, clients’ property and all books, records, funds and property used in the law practice of the affected attorney. [1979 c.252 §5; 2015 c.6 §4]