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

SNELL, Justice.

Professional ethics violations by lawyers who fail to file their income tax returns on time abound in our case reports. This is another one. Appellant Robert J. Baudino, Jr., appeals the recommendation of the Grievance Commission that his license to practice law be suspended for six months. He argues his case is different from others. From that premise, he questions our purpose, our standards, our notice to lawyers, our consistency and our fairness in imposing sanctions for these violations. Appellant suggests the court should declare “we can do better.”

After a full hearing at…