COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. SUMMA

No. 87-1196.

416 N.W.2d 690 (1987)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Ralph R. SUMMA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ralph R. Summa, West Des Moines, pro se.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Attorney Ralph R. Summa was charged with several violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility arising out of his failure to file federal and Iowa income tax returns and his false certifications, on his annual disciplinary commission questionnaire, concerning his tax filing status. The ethics committee charged violations of these provisions of our Code of Professional Responsibility: EC 1-5; DR 1-102(A)(1), (4), (5), and (6). The grievance...

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