COM. ON PRO. ETHICS & CONDUCT v. CODY

No. 87-720.

412 N.W.2d 637 (1987)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. John J. CODY, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Gritzner of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, and Norman G. Bastemeyer, Des Moines, for complainant.

John J. Cody, Jr., Oak Brook, Ill., pro se.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and LAVORATO, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises out of a guilty plea by the respondent, John J. Cody, Jr., to two counts of theft in the third degree in connection with two insufficient fund checks he executed in July and September 1984. The Grievance Commission found that Cody violated Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers DR 1-102(A)(1) (violating disciplinary rule), (3) (engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude), (4)...

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