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· 12/16/1980

In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Geurts

Citations

  • 620 P.2d 1373
  • 290 Or. 241
  • 1980 Ore. LEXIS 1298

How courts have described this case

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  • 30 day suspension for neglect, and noting “potentially disastrous consequences of procrastination or inattention for the parties concerned.”
  • lawyer’s opinion that client’s case lacked merit did not excuse neglect, at least to extent of so informing client
  • noncooperation with discipline review board, by itself, not grounds for ethical violation as rules of professional discipline don’t give fair notice of the terms and limits of that obligation
  • lawyer’s opinion that client’s case lacked merit did not excuse neglect, at least to extent of so informing client
  • 30 day suspension for neglect, and noting ‘potentially disastrous consequences of procrastination or inattention for the parties concerned.’

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Judges: Tongue, Howell, Lent, Linde, Peterson, Tanzer

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