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

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is what disciplinary action is appropriate upon our de novo review of the report of our grievance commission in this attorney disciplinary proceeding. We find the license to practice law of respondent Steven Mark Hanson should be revoked.

The complaint by The Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association against respondent was in three counts. Count I contained allegations respondent violated various statutes and disciplinary rules by possession of about four ounces of marijuana in his law office on May 22, 1975. Count II…