IOWA SUPREME CT. BD. OF ETHICS v. HERRERA

No. 96-2122.

560 N.W.2d 592 (1997)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT, Complainant, v. Luis HERRERA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman G. Bastemeyer and David J. Grace, Des Moines, for complainant.

Robert G. Tully of Galligan, Tully, Doyle & Reid, P.C., Des Moines, for respondent.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

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