Legal Opinion
Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Behnke
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 21, 1979No. 61443PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
February 22,1977, the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (complainant) filed an eight-count complaint against Parkers-burg attorney John E. Behnke (respondent) with this court’s Grievance Commission (Commission). Counts I and II charged respondent with drafting certain wills naming himself as contingent beneficiary and executor in violation of specified provisions of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers.
The third division of the Commission received evidence and testimony in the summer of 1977. The…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Goldfarb v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. DurhamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. TattersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Matter of SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
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- Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. HurdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
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