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Northwest News: Prominent father-daughter legal team run afoul of law; man who attacked teen says Four Loko made him ...

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 07:18 AM PST

Published: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 6:25 AM Updated: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7:17 AM

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Des and Shannon Connall — the father-daughter defense attorneys who built reputations as top powerhouses in the state — are facing tough times.

The Oregon State Bar last week decided to prosecute Des Connall for misconduct related to the mishandling of clients' money. Connall is still allowed to practice, pending the outcome of the prosecution. If he loses, he faces a range of punishments — including a public reprimand, suspension or disbarment.

Meanwhile, Shannon Connall relinquished her Oregon law license in November amid an investigation by the bar into whether she wrongfully took clients' money, then tried to cover-up what she did. The bar closed its investigation because Connall's resignation is the equivalent of disbarment.

According to court documents, (Shane) McClellan was walking home from a friend's house around 2 a.m. when Mohamed and Jonathan Baquiring, 21, asked the teen for a light.

When the West Seattle teen, who turned 17 on Friday, stopped, Mohamed and Baquiring attacked him.

For more than four hours, according to court documents, the two men punched McClellan, urinated on him, beat him with his own belt and burned him with cigarettes. They also poured Four Loko on the teen and taunted him by saying, "How do you like it, white boy?" and, "This is for enslaving our people," according to the charges.

On Friday, Mohamed was sentenced to nearly six years for his role in the attack.

-- The Oregonian

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