February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar

(D)
Form of SUA Petition:
(i) A Covered Party who seeks to
reassign responsibility for a claim will set forth in
detail the reasons why responsibility should be
reassigned, the other PLF-covered attorney or
attorneys who should be held responsible, and
the percentage of responsibility for the claim
(totaling 100 percent) which the Covered Par[y
and each other PLF-covered attorney so named
should bear. A Covered Party who seeks a
reduction or waiver of the SUA due to
mishandling of the claim by the PLF or its
employees or agents will set forth in detail the
reasons why the SUA should be reduced or
waived, and what amount of SUA (if any) the
Covered Parry should be assessed.
(2) The petition for relief from SUA
submitted by the Covered Party may be in any
form the Covered Party chooses. The Covered
Party is responsible for attaching to the SUA
petition or submitting therewith all
correspondence, documents, and other written
materials from the PLF claim fle or other sources
which the Covered Party wishes the Board of
Directors or Board of Governors to consider. The
Covered Party is required to provide 10 copies of
the SUA petition and all supporting documents
for an appeal to the Pr~~#ey~~~y-fiva~}
Board of Directors, and is required to provide 16
copies of the SUA petition and all supporting
documents for an appeal to the Board of
Governors. In addition, the Covered Party will
provide an additional copy of the SUA petition
and all supporting documents for each other
PLF-covered attorney to whom the Covered Party
seeks to reassign responsibility for a claim in
whole or in part.
(E) Claim Summary: The PLF may prepare a
staff summary of the claims relating to the SUA
appeal at its option. The claim summary will be
presented to the SUA committee and the PLF
Board of Directors, and to the Board of Governors
upon further appeal. If a claim summary is
prepared, a copy will be provided to the Covered
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Party, and the Covered Party may submit a reply
if desired within seven days.
(F)
Resoonse of Other Attorneys:
(1) The PLF will forvvard a copy of (a)
the Covered Party's SUA petition and all
supporting documents; (b) any staff summary
prepared by the PLF; and (c) any reply of the
Covered Par[y to any PLF staff summary to the
other PLF-covered attorney named in the petition
(the "Responding Attorney').
(2) The Responding Attorney may
submit a written Response to the petition in any
form the Responding Attorney chooses and may
file across-appeal as to any SUA which has been
allocated to the Responding Attorney. The crossappeal
may seek to reallocate SUA to the original
appealing attorney or to another PLF-covered
attorney, or may seek review of the SUA due to
negligent or improper handling of the claim by
the PLF or its employees and agents, in the same
manner as an original SUA appeal may be fled
under these policies. The Responding Attorney is
responsible for attaching to the Response or
submitting therewith all correspondence,
documents, and other written materials from the
PLF claim fle or other sources which the
Responding Attorney wishes the Board of
DireMOrs or Board of Governors to consider. The
Responding Attorney is required to provide 10
copies of the Response and all supporting
documents for an appeal to the Fro€essieaal
Na#~iliky—FuNdPLF Board of Directors, and is
required to provide 16 copies of the Response
and all supporting documents for an appeal to
the Board of Governors. In addition, the
Responding Attorney will provide an additional
copy of the Response and all supporting
documents for each other PLF-covered attorney
involved in the SUA appeal.
(G) Realy: The PLF will forward a copy of the
Response of the Responding Attorney to each of
the other PLF-covered attorneys involved in the
appeal, and each attorney may submit a written
Reply to the PLF within 14 days. The Reply may
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