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

ANDREASEN, Justice.

The Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa Bar Association (committee) filed a complaint against Charles Lee Elson. The committee claimed Elson violated the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers arising from his handling of seven estates. The complaint was heard by a division of the Grievance Commission (commission) and it found Elson had been dilatory in handling each of these probate matters, had closed three of the estates without proper notice and accounting, and had obtained attorney fees in probate without prior court authorization or…