COM. ON PRO. ETHICS & CONDUCT v. POSTMA

No. 88-695.

430 N.W.2d 387 (1988)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Harold O. POSTMA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Gritzner and Eric P. Sloter of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Charles L. Corbett of Corbett, Anderson, Corbett & Daniels, Sioux City, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

This disciplinary proceeding against Postma, the respondent attorney, resulted from transactions in a business corporation in which he had a personal interest. The commission for the most part rejected the committee's charges but did recommend a reprimand. We granted the committee's request to appeal. Upon our de novo review we find serious breaches of professional ethics which demand a suspension.

It is of course incumbent upon the committee...

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