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

HARRIS, Justice.

John D. Randall, the respondent attorney, was charged in a two-count complaint with unprofessional conduct. One count arose from Randall’s status as both draftsman and sole beneficiary of a client’s will. The other count primarily concerned Randall’s representation of the same client in litigation in which there was a conflict between the client’s and Randall’s interests. Finding violation on both counts, our commission recommended disbarment. On our de novo review we adopt the recommendation.

Randall met Lovell Myers sometime in the early 1940s. In 1943 he represented Myers in…