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

This matter is before the court for final disposition upon the Grievance Commission’s recommendation that respondent Stephen Belay's license to practice law be suspended for failure to timely file income tax returns. In accordance with Iowa Supreme Court Rule 118.10, we have reviewed de novo the record made before the commission. Finding the committee’s allegations supported by a convincing preponderance of the evidence, and following the pattern of our prior cases, we suspend Belay’s license for six months.

I. The complaint filed by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa…