More state bar complaints filed against Ammon Bundy's lawyer

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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on April 26, 2016 at 7:24 PM
updated April 26, 2016 at 10:08 PM

Ammon Bundy's lawyers are facing new state bar complaints that raise ethical concerns about their firm's outreach on social media to gather evidence in defense of their client in the federal conspiracy case stemming from the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife refuge.

Those who filed the complaints submitted to the Oregon State Bar screenshots of the Arnold Law Firm's Facebook page, in which attorney Mike Arnold urged supporters to file public records requests with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the FBI and the Oregon State Police.

The complaints criticized Arnold for swamping law enforcement and other agencies with frivolous public records requests.

For example, Nerei Lopez, of New York, wrote to the bar on April 11 that Arnold's requests that others submit public records requests to the BLM and FBI, for information regarding Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, for example, "is a vindictive attempt to impair these agencies from functioning smoothly'' ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/04/more_state_bar_complaints_file.html

[Gothmog]

1. This lawyer is an idiot

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2. This could get interesting

The Oregon State Bar does a decent job of policing its own. Lawyers who screw around with the system as alleged here are not held in very high regard, and Mr. Arnold may be required to answer some pretty pointed questions about his conduct.