IN RE TOBIGA

SC S34149.

791 P.2d 830 (1990)

310 Or. 46

In the matter of the Application of Somtim TOBIGA for Admission to Practice Law in the State of Oregon.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided May 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Sapiro, Disciplinary Counsel, Lake Oswego, argued the cause, for the Oregon State Bar, and filed the brief.

Phil Goldsmith, Thomas M. Steenson, Steenson & Schumann, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Nat. Lawyers' Guild.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LINDE, CARSON, JONES, GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN and FADELEY, JJ.


FADELEY, Justice.

This is a contested Bar admission case involving the Applicant, Somtim Tobiga, who graduated from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1983 and, on his seventh attempt, passed the February 1987 Bar Examination. However, the Board of Bar Examiners questioned whether he met the character qualifications for admission. We referred the matter to the Oregon State Bar, which filed three objections to his admission. A Trial Panel majority...

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