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IOWA SUPREME COURT BD. v. BRIBRIESCO

No. 97-1598.

573 N.W.2d 37 (1997)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & CONDUCT, Complainant, v. John T. BRIBRIESCO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John T. Bribriesco, Bettendorf, pro se.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and NEUMAN, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

This lawyer discipline case presents an obvious violation of the canons of ethics, but a perplexing question regarding an appropriate sanction. On the one hand there was a reckless disregard for our rule demanding that clients' funds be placed in a trust account, a violation commonly calling for at least a license suspension. On the other hand there was no misappropriation, and no clear showing of commingling...

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