COM. ON PRO. ETHICS & CONDUCT v. AUSTIN

No. 88-694.

427 N.W.2d 465 (1988)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Donald U. AUSTIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald U. Austin, West Des Moines, pro se.

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

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

In this attorney disciplinary case the commission recommends license revocation. We agree that the facts leave us with no other option.

Austin was 41 years old at the time of his hearing before the grievance commission. He was licensed to practice in both Iowa and Missouri in 1975. After practicing in Missouri until 1979 he moved to Iowa and in 1980 became employed as a trust officer for a Des Moines bank. He has not been in general practice...

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