Legal Opinion

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

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 10, 2003No. 02-1209Published

1Opinion of the Court

656 N.W.2d 93 (2002)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT, Complainant,

v.

Stephen William RUTH, Respondent.

No. 02-1209.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2002.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing February 10, 2003.

Norman G. Bastemeyer and Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for complainant.

J.E. Tobey III, Davenport, for respondent.

STREIT, Justice.

Stephen W. Ruth, an Iowa attorney, is charged with neglecting his client's legal matters, making a misrepresentation to the court and to his client, failing to provide an accounting of estate funds, and failing to distribute funds to…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. AplandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
  2. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. GrotewoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 2002
  3. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. HohenadelSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001
  4. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. AdamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001
  5. Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. OttesenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994

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