Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Karen A. Taylor

I respectfully dissent because the majority’s six-month suspension is too lenient in light of our precedent. Attorney Taylor willfully failed to pay any self-employment taxes or income taxes or file her state and federal tax returns for eleven years. The majority acknowledges without elaboration that “Taylor had a substantial income over this time period that would have allowed her to pay her taxes.” Her actual income, of course, is relevant' to the sanction.' This is not a case where the lawyer failed to realize her income was high ' enough to require a tax return, or where the lawyer was…