Opinion ID: 1215810
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: NINTH CAUSE OF COMPLAINT (Failure to cooperate with Bar)

Text: As previously noted, Circuit Judge Harl H. Haas filed a complaint against the accused with the General Counsel of the Bar on May 28, 1985. By letter dated May 31, 1985, the General Counsel requested the accused to respond to Judge Haas's complaint by June 21, 1985. The accused did not respond. On July 17, 1985, the General Counsel referred the matter to the Multnomah County LPRC. On August 12, 1985, Multnomah County LPRC member Jane Angus spoke with the accused to inquire as to the status of his written response. The accused promised to deliver his response no later than August 16, 1985. The accused never furnished a written explanation by August 16, 1985, or at any other time thereafter, nor has the accused claimed the exercise of any applicable right or privilege to refrain from doing so. The Trial Panel concluded and this court concludes that the accused is guilty of violating former DR 1-103(C), in that he did not respond to the reasonable requests of the General Counsel of the Bar and the Multnomah County LPRC.