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Michael M. Pacheco (WSBA No. 31209, admitted 2001), of Salem, Oregon, was suspended for four years, effective February 8, 2007, by order of the Washington State Supreme Court imposing reciprocal discipline in accordance with an order of the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon following approval of a stipulation. This discipline was based on his conduct between 2003 and 2005 involving conduct that would prejudice admission to the bar; conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; knowingly making a false statement of law or fact to a tribunal; criminal conduct reflecting adversely on a lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer; and conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. For more information, see Oregon State Bar Bulletin, Discipline (January 2007), available at www.osbar.org/-publications/bulletin/07jan/-discipline.html.
Mr. Pacheco’s conduct violated Oregon ORS 9.527(1), authorizing discipline whenever it appears to the court that the member has committed an act or carried on a course of conduct of such nature that, if the member were applying for admission to the bar, the application should be denied; Oregon ORS 9.527(2), authorizing discipline when a member has been convicted in any jurisdiction of an offense which is a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony under the laws of Oregon, or is punishable by death or imprisonment under the laws of the United States; Oregon RPC 3.3(a)(1), prohibiting a lawyer from making a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or failing to correct a false statement of material fact or law made to a tribunal by the lawyer; Oregon RPC 8.4(a)(2), prohibiting commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; and Oregon RPC 8.4(a)(3), prohibiting a lawyer from engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law.
Felice P. Congalton represented the Bar Association. Mr. Pacheco represented himself. |