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Attorney Russell S. Barnett III of Portland, OR; unethical Dufus

 
The state of Oregon provided Russell S. Barnett III with a law license in 1996.
 
The Oregon State Bar found Russell guilty of the following misconduct:
  1. Failed to provide competent legal services (Dufus)
  2. Failed to render accounting of fees paid by client after being discharged
  3. Failed to promptly return unearned fees to client
  4. Failed to respond to multiple client communications
  5. Charged and collected a clearly excessive fee
  6. Failed to maintain client funds in proper trust account
  7. Engaged in a conflict of interest
  8. Engaged in a pattern of misconduct
In one matter, Russell represented a Clarence Hawelu in a divorce proceeding that also included charges by Cheryl Hawelu that Clarence was abusive. After the divorce became final, Cheryl’s first ex-husband (Clarence was number 2) hired Russell to initiate legal proceedings to obtain custody of his minor children based on Cheryl’s abuse claims. Russell saw nothing wrong with this glaring conflict of interest wherein he initially represents Clarence and then Clarence’s accuser.
 
As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Oregon Supreme Court punished Russell by gifting him with a complimentary 60-day suspension of his law license.
 
As we speak (ca. June 2012) Russell practices law with Russell S. Barnett III PC at 1500 SW 1st Avenue in Portland, Oregon.
 
On his website at www.BarnettLegalDefense.com Russell has the chutzpah to state in bold letters “Integrity and Diligence.” It appears that Russell missed his calling as a standup comedian.
 
 
 

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