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

McCORMICK, Justice.

In this lawyer disciplinary proceeding we review the report of our grievance commission recommending that respondent Leo M. Baker be disbarred for ethical violations arising from his purchase and resale of a farm from an estate being probated by his law firm. Baker accepts the recommendation of disbarment and tenders his license to practice law. We hold disbarment is warranted and therefore revoke the license.

The essential facts justifying disciplinary action are undisputed. Baker was a member of a professional corporation, Sindlinger & Baker, P. C., which in turn was…