Legal Opinion
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board Vs. William T. Morrison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 26, 2007No. 144 / 06-1390PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
A lawyer had a sexual relationship with a client he was representing in a dissolu-. tion proceeding. Because such conduct may be harmful to the client’s interest and reflects poorly on the legal profession, we suspend the attorney’s license for three months.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings
William Morrison was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1989. He presently has a law office in Mason City. In June 2005, Morrison reported to the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board (“Board”) he “engaged in a sexual relationship with a female client while representing her in a dissolution…
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