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ORS 9.527

Applied in 56 court decisions — leading case In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Davenport (2002)

Most recently applied in In re Graeff (April 2021)

Formerly 9.480; 1989 c.1052 §11; 2025 c.32 §29

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

The Supreme Court may disbar, suspend or reprimand a licensee of the bar whenever, upon proper proceedings for that purpose, it appears to the court that:

(1) The licensee has committed an act or carried on a course of conduct of such nature that, if the licensee were applying for admission to the bar, the application should be denied;

(2) The licensee has been convicted in any jurisdiction of an offense which is a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony under the laws of this state, or is punishable by death or imprisonment under the laws of the United States, in any of which cases the record of the conviction shall be conclusive evidence;

(3) The licensee has willfully disobeyed an order of a court requiring the licensee to do or forbear an act connected with the legal profession;

(4) The licensee is guilty of willful deceit or misconduct in the legal profession;

(5) The licensee is guilty of willful violation of any of the provisions of ORS 9.460 or 9.510;

(6) The licensee is guilty of gross or repeated negligence or incompetence in the practice of law; or

(7) The licensee has violated any of the provisions of the rules of professional conduct adopted pursuant to ORS 9.490.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.