Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. James William McCarthy

WIGGINS, Justice.

The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board alleged the respondent, James W. McCarthy, violated the Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct in nine separate legal matters. A division of the Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa filed a report finding McCarthy violated numerous rules and recommended that we indefinitely suspend the respondent’s license to practice law in Iowa with no possibility of reinstatement for at least two years. Pursuant to our court rules, we are required to review the commission’s report. See Iowa Ct. R. 35.10(1). 1 Upon our review, we…