COMMITTEE ON PROF. ETHICS, ETC. v. MERSHON

No. 67620.

316 N.W.2d 895 (1982)

The COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Robert D. MERSHON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Gaudineer, Des Moines, for complainant.

Frederick G. White, Waterloo, and L. Don Snow and Richard A. Knock of Mershon, Snow & Knock, Cedar Falls, for respondent.

Considered en banc.


McCORMICK, Justice.

This case involves review of a Grievance Commission report recommending that respondent be reprimanded for alleged ethical violations arising from a business transaction with a client. Because we find respondent's conduct violated the principle in DR5-104(A), we adopt the recommendation.

From our de novo review of the record, we find the facts as follows. Respondent is a Cedar Falls attorney. He began to do tax and property work for Leonard...

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