Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. Evans

LARSON, Justice.

The board of professional ethics and conduct has appealed from a recommendation of the grievance commission concerning charges that the respondent, Roger W. Evans, violated our code of professional conduct. Because we view the conduct as more serious than would call for merely private reprimand, as recommended by the commission, we order the suspension of the respondent’s license.

The respondent is a lawyer in Sioux Center, Iowa. His practice has included “quite a bit of probate,” but the violations charged here involve his alleged failure to adhere to several of our well-known…