IOWA SUPREME COURT v. WINKEL

No. 95-1164.

541 N.W.2d 862 (1995)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT, Appellant, v. Eldon J. WINKEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Grace, Norman G. Bastemeyer and Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for appellant.

Eldon J. Winkel, Algona, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

We granted permission to the board of ethics to appeal the action of the grievance commission in this lawyer disciplinary case. The commission held that a private admonition was appropriate for the misconduct involved. We think a public reprimand is required.

The charge arises from the drafting of a will containing a bequest for the scrivener. Respondent Eldon J. Winkel has practiced law since 1959. Though he shares an office with his attorney...

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