Supreme Court Rules Nisley Can Finish Term

Eric Nisley will finish his term as Wasco County District Attorney after the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday he remains the lawful holder of the office despite a 60-day suspension of his law license earlier this year.  In the Court’s ruling, Justice Meagan Flynn wrote that the panel was “persuaded the Legislature did not intend that every suspension of a district attorney’s ability to practice law would create a vacancy in the office.”  Nisley served the suspension starting February 10 when the state’s highest court upheld an Oregon State Bar charge against him.  Nisley lost his re-election bid in May to Matthew Ellis.  His term will run until January, when Ellis is sworn in as the county’s new district attorney.  A lawyer from Oregon’s Department of Justice has been running the Wasco County D.A.’s office since February.

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