COMM. ON PROF. ETHICS OF BAR ASS'N v. JOHNSON

No. 87-144.

404 N.W.2d 184 (1987)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Walter E. JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Gritzner and Thomas W. Foley of Nyemaster, Goode, mcLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, Des Moines, for complainant.

Walter E. Johnson, Milford, pro se.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and NEUMAN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from charges of misconduct brought against Walter E. Johnson based on his representation of the fiduciaries in two separate estates and his failure to respond to any inquiry by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Conduct. The grievance commission found that a convincing preponderance of the evidence established that respondent violated Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(1), (5) and (6);

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