Decision Date Delayed in High-Profile Bar Trial

By NIGEL JAQUISS

The three-member Oregon State Bar trial panel tasked with deciding a major legal ethics case has pushed the date of its decision back to May 7. 

As WW reported last fall, Barnes Ellis and Lois Rosenbaum, two of the Northwest's leading securities lawyers, face conflict of interest charges for their representation of Flir Systems, Inc., and various Flir executives. The two worked together for decades at Stoel Rives, the city's largest law firm. Ellis subsequently retired from Stoel and is now general counsel for Mercy Corps.

The case is unusual in that it's rare for lawyers of such prominence to face charges in Oregon, and because the underlying issues are so complex.

Here's the request for an extension from John Langlset, a lawyer who is chairman of the trial panel:


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