Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct v. Matias

SNELL, Justice.

We are reviewing in this matter the report of the Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa (grievance commission) in which the commission recommended that attorney Robert W. Matías be publicly reprimanded. The commission’s recommendation was based on its findings that Matías violated our Canons of Ethics by his actions in soliciting legal business and in failing to respond to inquiries made by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (ethics committee).

Respondent, Robert W. Matías, is an attorney licensed to practice law in the…