COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. Summa

LARSON, Justice.

Attorney Ralph R. Summa was charged with several violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility arising out of his failure to file federal and Iowa income tax returns and his false certifications, on his annual disciplinary commission questionnaire, concerning his tax filing status. The ethics committee charged violations of these provisions of our Code of Professional Responsibility: EC 1-5; DR 1-102(A)(1), (4), (5), and (6). The grievance commission found those violations were established by the evidence and recommended a suspension of Summa’s license.

On our de novo…