Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Oleson

The twenty-fourth division of the Grievance Commission of this court, having heard evidence concerning certain ethical violations by respondent, Clara Oleson, has recommended that her license to practice law be suspended for not less than three months. Under Iowa Supreme Court Rule 118.10, we review de novo the commission’s report and the evidence upon which it is based.

The record reflects that respondent graduated from law school in 1976 at age thirty-three. After actively practicing law for approximately nine years with a respectable degree of professional recognition but relatively little…