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

NEUMAN, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary matter is before us for review pursuant to Iowa Supreme Court rule 118.10. A division of the grievance commission has recommended that we suspend respondent’s license for three months based on probate delinquencies. Due to the gross inattention to duty revealed by the record before us, we believe a more severe sanction is warranted. We order a suspension of six months.

Respondent Gordon Winkel, aged sixty-seven, has practiced law in Algona, Iowa, since 1955. Over the years he has shared a general practice with his father, brother, and others; he…