Court Opinion

ID: 9533628
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:33:21.442797+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:06.474353
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PER CURIAM.
This matter is before us upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar that Franz E. Wagner, a member of the Oregon State Bar, be suspended from the practice of law in the state of Oregon for a period of one year.
The defendant has not filed a petition seeking a review of the recommendation of the board. Our duties, however, require a review of the record, and this we have carefully done.
The charge of unprofessional conduct stems from the defendant’s failure to file a federal income tax return for the years 1952, 1953 and 1954, as required by the laws of the United States. The .facts show that *458upon each of these misdemeanor charges he entered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
The commission of the offense to which the defendant entered his plea of guilty is an offense that cannot be “overlooked or condoned in view of the paramount necessity for maintaining high standards of professional conduct.” In re Means, 207 Or 638, 298 P2d 983.
The record reveals some mitigating circumstances, but not such as should, in our opinion, temper the recommendation of the Board of Governors.
The defendant is suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year, and it is so ordered.