Discipline Notice - Ronald K. Schaffner

License Number: 15506
Member Name: Ronald K. Schaffner
Discipline Detail
Action: Suspension
Effective Date: 9/11/1998
RPC:
Discipline Notice:
Description: Ronald K. Schaffner (WSBA No. 15506, admitted November 1985) was ordered suspended from the practice of law for two years effective September 11, 1998 by order of the Washington State Supreme Court.
The discipline imposed was reciprocal to Schaffner’s suspension in the State of Oregon. By order of the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon dated June 26, 1997, Schaffner received a two-year suspension from the practice of law in Oregon. Schaffner was accused of neglect of client matters. He was disciplined previously for similar misconduct.
By an opinion dated December 1, 1997, a Trial Panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Oregon State Bar found that Schaffner had neglected another client matter. The Trial Panel recommended that Schaffner be disbarred. In response to the recommendation, Schaffner submitted a Form B Resignation to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. As Schaffner’s resignation was accepted, discipline was not imposed.
Schaffner did not respond to the Washington State Supreme Court’s order issued pursuant to Rule 12.6 of the Rules for Lawyer Discipline, which directed him to inform the court of any claim that the imposition of identical discipline in this state would be unwarranted and, if so, the reasons therefore. The Bar Association was represented by Disciplinary Counsel Felice P. Congalton.


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