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

HARRIS, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding. The grievance commission found respondent violated the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers for failure to file state and federal income tax returns and for twice being convicted of misdemeanors involving moral turpitude. The commission exonerated respondent of the further charge he commingled his own funds with those of his clients.

Respondent suffers a physical disability known as myasthenia gravis, a disorder of nerve-muscle transmission. The record places onset of this condition in January 1973. By February 14, 1974…