National Child Care, Inc. v. Dickinson

CARTER, Justice.

This appeal is from an order disqualifying attorney Edward Ronwin from representing the plaintiff, National Child Care, Inc. (National), in an action alleging defendants tortiously interfered with business opportunities of National. Attorney Ron-win is National’s sole shareholder.

When it became apparent that Ronwin, in his capacity as chief executive officer of the corporation, conducted transactions which were likely to subject him to the role of a witness at trial, defendants, Janet K. Dickinson and Robert Dickinson, moved to have him disqualified pursuant to Iowa Code of…