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A.E. Bud Bailey (WSBA No. 33917, admitted 2003), of Vancouver, was ordered to receive a reprimand on April 6, 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 1999 and 2002 involving conflicts of interest and entering into a business transaction with a client. For more information, see Oregon State Bar Bulletin, Discipline (May 2007), available at www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/07may/discipline.html.
Mr. Bailey’s conduct violated former Oregon DR 5-101(A), prohibiting a lawyer from accepting or continuing employment if the exercise of the lawyer’s professional judgment on behalf of the lawyer’s client will be or reasonably may be affected by the lawyer’s own financial business, property, or personal interests, except with the consent of the lawyer’s client after full disclosure; and former Oregon DR 5-104(A), prohibiting a lawyer from entering into a business transaction with a client if they have differing interests therein and if the client expects the lawyer to exercise the lawyer’s professional judgment therein for the protection of the client, unless the client has consented after full disclosure.
Felice P. Congalton represented the Bar Association. Bradley F. Tellam represented Mr. Bailey. |