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

LARSON, Justice.

Attorney Kevin Kirlin has appealed from a grievance commission recommendation of a public reprimand for violations of our disciplinary rules governing attorney advertising. We agree with the commission’s findings and order that he be publicly reprimanded.

The disciplinary charges arose out of ads placed by Kirlin in a Des Moines telephone directory for the 1994-95 and 1995-96 years. In those ads, Kirlin listed several areas of primary practice and stated that he was a member of several professional organizations providing specialized education in those areas. The Board of…