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In re Complaint as to the Conduct of Parker8/17/2000
Additionally, mitigating factors, absent in Bourcier II, are present here. Accordingly, the trial panel's heavy reliance on Bourcier II was misplaced.
The purpose of a lawyer disciplinary proceeding is not to punish the lawyer, but to protect the public and the administration of justice from lawyers who have not discharged, will not discharge, or are unlikely to discharge properly their professional duties to clients, the public, the legal system, and the profession. ABA Standard at 7; In re Wittemyer, 328 Or 448, 459, 980 P2d 148 (1999). After considering all the relevant factors and this court's case law, we conclude that a four-year suspension is the appropriate sanction in this proceeding.
The accused is suspended from the practice of law for a period of four years, commencing 60 days from the date of filing of this decision.
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