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

SCHULTZ, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from charges of misconduct brought against Walter E. Johnson based on his representation of the fiduciaries in two separate estates and his failure to respond to any inquiry by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct. The grievance commission found that a convincing preponderance of the evidence established that respondent violated Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(1), (5) and (6); 1 6-101(A)(l) and (3); 2 7-101(A)(2) and (3); 3 and Ethical Considerations 6-1 4 and 6-4. 5

It was the commission’s recommendation that respondent’s…