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

LAVORATO, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding is about the professional conduct of attorney Michael T. (Mick) Pracht in four separate probate matters. The Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct charged Pracht with several violations of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers because he allegedly (1) undertook probate matters he was not competent to handle, (2) neglected these matters, and (3) failed to fully cooperate with the committee in its investigation.

In the hearing before the Grievance Commission Pracht appeared pro se and testified. The record includes…