COM. ON PRO. ETHICS & CONDUCT v. BAUDINO

No. 89-1225.

452 N.W.2d 455 (1990)

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

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected April 16, 1990.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1990.

Amended Petition for Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for complainant.

A. Arthur Davis of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, Des Moines, for respondent.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Justice.

Professional ethics violations by lawyers who fail to file their income tax returns on time abound in our case reports. This is another one. Appellant Robert J. Baudino, Jr., appeals the recommendation of the Grievance Commission that his license to practice law be suspended for six months. He argues his case is different from others. From that premise, he questions our purpose, our standards, our notice to lawyers, our consistency and our fairness...

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