Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Jeffrey K. McGinness

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we review a recommendation of the Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa to suspend the license of Jeffrey K. McGinness for six months because he falsified certificates of service attached to discovery requests sent to opposing counsel and then defended the validity of the certificates in judicial proceedings. Following a hearing on a complaint filed by the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board, the commission found McGinness violated Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct 32:3.3(a)(l) (knowingly making false statements to a tribunal), 32:8.4(c)…