Rule 13.5 Statement of Objections to Reinstatement
Title 13: Forms
Rule Text
In a contested reinstatement proceeding, the statement of objections shall be in substantially the following form: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON In The Matter Of The ) Application of ) STATEMENT __________________________ ) OF For Reinstatement as ) OBJECTIONS an Active Licensee ) TO of the Oregon State Bar ) REINSTATEMENT The Oregon State Bar objects to the qualifications of the Applicant for reinstatement on the ground and for the reason that the Applicant has not shown, to the satisfaction of the Board of Governors, that he [she] has the good moral character or general fitness required for readmission to practice law in Oregon, that his [her] readmission to practice law in Oregon will be neither detrimental to the integrity and standing of the Bar or the administration of justice, nor subversive to the public interest, or that he [she] is, in all respects, able and qualified, by good moral character and otherwise, to accept the obligations and faithfully perform the duties of an attorney in Oregon, in one or more of the following particulars: 1. The Applicant does not possess good moral character or general fitness to practice law, in that the Applicant, ____________________ (state the facts of the matter) 2. (Same) 3. (Same) WHEREFORE, the Oregon State Bar requests that the recommendation of the Board of Governors to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon in this matter be approved and adopted by the Court and that the application of the Applicant for reinstatement as an active licensee of the Oregon State Bar be denied. DATED this day of , 20 . OREGON STATE BAR By: Disciplinary Counsel
Amendment history: (Rule 12.5 amended by Order dated February 5, 2001.) (Rule 12.5 amended by Order dated October 19, 2009.) (Former Rule 12.5 redesignated as Rule 13.5 by Order dated May 3, 2017, effective January 1, 2018.) (Rule 13.5 amended by Order dated December 26, 2023, effective January 1, 2024.) (Rule 13.5 amended by Order dated October 15, 2025, effective January 1, 2026.)