Section 1 - Definitions

As amended through June 11, 2024
Section 1 - Definitions

For the purpose of these Rules of Procedure, the following definitions shall apply:

1.1 "Administrator" means the OSB executive director or other person designated by the executive director to oversee the operations of the Client Security Fund.
1.2 "Bar" means the Oregon State Bar.
1.3 "Claimant" means one who files a claim with the Fund.
1.4 "Client" means the individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity who, at the time of the act or acts complained of, had an established attorney-client relationship with the lawyer.
1.5 "Committee" means the Client Security Fund Committee.
1.6 "Dishonest conduct" has the meaning prescribed in Rule 2.1.2.
1.7 "Fund" means the Client Security Fund.
1.8 "Lawyer" means the person named in a statement of claim as the attorney whose dishonest conduct caused the loss, and who, at the time of the at or acts complained of, was an active member of the Oregon State Bar.
1.9 "Statement of Claim" means the form designated by the administrator pursuant to CSF Rule 3.1.
Revised Effective 1/1/2022.