COMMITTEE ON PROF. ETHICS, ETC. v. BEHNKE

No. 61443.

276 N.W.2d 838 (1979)

The COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the Iowa STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. John E. BEHNKE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Lindeman of Lindeman & Yagla, Waterloo, for appellant.

Hedo M. Zacherle, Lee H. Gaudineer, Jr., and Roger J. Kuhle, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

February 22, 1977, the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Association (complainant) filed an eight-count complaint against Parkersburg attorney John E. Behnke (respondent) with this court's Grievance Commission (Commission). Counts I and II charged respondent with drafting certain wills naming himself as contingent beneficiary and executor in violation of specified provisions of the Iowa Code of Professional...

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