Court Opinion

ID: 9533629
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:33:21.446921+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:06.476527
License: Public Domain

McAllister, J.,
dissenting.
In my opinion, an attorney who has for several years willfully and intentionally failed to file his income tax returns has demonstrated that he is unfit to practice law and should be disbarred. Such flagrant disregard of his duty as a citizen is in direct violation of his oath to support the constitution and laws of the United States and of the state of Oregon. It is clear that the conduct of the defendant has been such that if he were now applying for admission to the bar, his application should be denied. I therefore dissent from that portion of the opinion which merely suspends the defendant from the practice of law for one year.