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

NEUMAN, Justice.

This disciplinary proceeding concerns a complaint filed by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (committee) against attorney Shirley G. Steele. The complaint charged that Steele misused and mishandled client funds in violation of sections EC 1-4, EC 1-5, DR 1-102(A)(1), (3), (4), (5) and (6), EC 9-6 and DR 9-102(A) and (B) of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers. A division of the Grievance Commission dismissed the complaint, concluding that the committee failed to meet its burden of proving the charges by a…