CHAIMOV v. STATE

A169203.

498 P.3d 830 (2021)

314 Or. App. 253

Gregory A. CHAIMOV, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STATE of Oregon, BY AND THROUGH the OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

September 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jona J. Maukonen , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. Also on the briefs were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General.

John DiLorenzo, Jr. , Portland, argued the cause for respondent. Also on the brief were Duane Bosworth , Christopher Swift , Evan R. Christopher , and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Jack L. Orchard , Adele J. Ridenour , Portland, and Ball Janik LLP, filed the brief amicus curiae for Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and James, Judge, and Aoyagi, Judge.


In this declaratory judgment action, the narrow question presented is whether state agencies that have submitted bill-drafting requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel (LC) are "clients" of LC for purposes of the lawyer-client privilege, OEC 503 (codified at ORS 40.225),1 such that communications...

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