Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. Jay

CARTER, Justice.

The Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics and Conduct filed a complaint against the respondent, Daniel J. Jay, alleging that he had violated several provisions of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers. These allegations charged that he had neglected his responsibility in the administration of a decedent’s estate in which he was both executor and attorney for the executor; had collected fiduciary and legal fees prematurely in violation of Iowa Rule of Probate Procedure 2(d) and the provisions of a court order; and had misrepresented the status of…