Oregon Bar drops complaint against Ammon Bundy's lawyers tied to refuge visit

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on May 03, 2016 at 6:29 PM, updated May 03, 2016 at 7:13 PM

The Oregon State Bar has dismissed an ethics complaint against Ammon Bundy's lawyers stemming from their visit to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge before his Jan. 26 arrest and decision to retain them ...

The attorneys wrote that they wanted to meet with Bundy to discuss whether they could assist him, on a pro bono basis, in finding a resolution to the ongoing refuge occupation ...

Though a state bar rule prohibits lawyers from soliciting clients in person, by phone or through electronic contact when a significant motive is financial gain, the rule does not apply to written letters, the bar found ...

Other ethics complaints against Bundy's lawyers are still pending before the state bar.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/05/state_bar_dismisses_complaint.html