Legal Opinion

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

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 20, 1996No. 96-1151PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARSON, Justice.

Harold Postma, whose license is currently under suspension, Committee on Prof l Ethics & Conduct v. Postma, 430 N.W.2d 387 (Iowa 1988), has again been charged with ethics violations. The violations charged by our board of professional ethics and conduct (board) include Postma’s refusal to comply with an order of this court, failure to file income tax returns, neglect of two estates, and malicious filing of eleven unfounded criminal charges. Our grievance commission recommended that his license be revoked, and we agree.

Our scope of review is de novo. While we give respectful…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. PostmaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  2. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. HohnbaumSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
  2. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. LesyshenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
  3. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. RungeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
  4. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. BeckmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  5. Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. EichSupreme Court of Iowa · 2002

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