IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT v. Palmer

This matter is before us for review of a report of the grievance commission of this court concerning a disciplinary complaint against a lawyer, respondent Timothy Richard Palmer. We review these matters pursuant to Court Rule 118.10 and consider anew both the facts and the appropriate discipline to be imposed. Completion of this task in the present case leads to the conclusion that respondent’s license to practice law should be revoked.

The complainant board alleged that respondent, in August and September of 1994, stole two credit cards from Michelle Hutchinson and used them without her…