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

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this attorney disciplinary proceeding involving the respondent, Thomas D. Gar-dalen, we review the Grievance Commission’s findings and recommendations pursuant to Iowa Supreme Court Rule 118.10. We suspend Gardalen’s license to practice law indefinitely, with no possibility of reinstatement for a period of six months from the date of this opinion.

Gardalen is a former employee of the Internal Revenue Service. He worked for that agency as an estate tax attorney for eight and one-half years, until January 1981. Gardalen is licensed to practice law in Iowa and has done so in…