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

WOLLE, Justice.

The Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (committee) filed a six-count complaint against respondent Larry L. Fugate alleging that he had converted client funds to his own use on several occasions, failed to file Iowa and federal income tax returns when they were due in 1982 and 1983, and falsely certified that he had filed the returns. Respondent did not file an answer to the complaint. He did not appear at the hearing held before a panel of the Grievance Commission (commission) even though he had received satisfactory notice of the…