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

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding arising from federal and state income tax violations by respondent John W. Pieters. Our Grievance Commission recommended that his license to practice law be suspended for 18 months. Upon our de novo review of the record we suspend his license indefinitely with no possibility of reinstatement for 18 months.

The record is undisputed. Respondent willfully and knowingly failed to file federal income tax returns for 1972 and 1973. The record does not show the amount of unpaid taxes for those years, but respondent’s income was substantial. He…