Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Kenneth F. Dolezal

MANSFIELD, Justice.

An Iowa attorney neglected a client’s matter, failed to deposit client funds into his trust account, charged a client an unreasonable fee, loaned money to a client without disclosing the terms of the transaction in writing, and failed to turn over client files when ordered to do so. Additionally, the attorney continued to handle two legal matters while suspended, didn’t notify one of the clients of his suspension, and made untrue statements about his suspension to the Social Security Administration.

This attorney discipline proceeding comes before us on the report of a…