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

SCHULTZ, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding was instigated by a disgruntled civil litigant who complained to the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (Committee) about the actions of respondent attorney Carl V. Zimmerman in persuading a district court judge to ex parte set aside several default judgments held by the litigant. These judgments, entered against the general partners of three limited partnerships and a corporation, were set aside on the strength of Zimmerman’s assertions to the court that the partnerships’ bankruptcy rendered…