He repeatedly engaged in deceit and misrepresentation directed toward his clients. See ABA Standard 4.6 (lack of candor). By misrepresenting the status of cases to his clients, the accused engaged in dishonest conduct. Wilier, 303 Or at 249. By telling the Violettes in May 1993 that he needed $220 to file an affidavit in their adoption case when the case had already been dismissed for lack of activity, the accused was guilty of misrepresentation and dishonesty. The accused also violated his duty to his clients by failing to preserve their property, by neglecting their legal matters and, ultimately, by abandoning his practice without making arrangements for his clients’ interests to be protected. See ABA Standard 4.4 (lack of diligence); In re Biggs, 318 Or 281, 295, 864 P2d 1310 (1994) (<HOLDING>). By misrepresenting his intentions to issue
recognizing similar analysis applies to discrimination and retaliation claims holding that the amount of time devoted to managerial duties and the significance of those duties present factual questions holding that a breach of duties that a fiduciary contractually assumes beyond those duties imposed by law is considered to arise out of contract recognizing similar duties holding that one claim was not preempted because it did not allege the violation of duties created by any welfare plan but a violation of duties as a past employer