Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Attorney Doe No. 792

ZAGER,. Justice.

In this attorney disciplinary action, we are asked to decide whether an attorney’s ex parte email to a judge that included allegations of, unethical conduct and a cover-up violated our Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct. We find that the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board did not .prove a violation of rule 32:8.2(a). However, we do find that the Board proved a violation- of rule 32:3.5(b). The appropriate sanction for this violation is a private admonition.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Attorney Doe No. 792 passed the Iowa bar exam in 1997. He chose not to…