SUPREME CT. BD. OF PROF. ETH. v. CARR

No. 98-1644.

588 N.W.2d 126 (1999)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT, Complainant, v. Roger W. SUNLEAF, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mark McCormick of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, a P.C., Des Moines, and Roger W. Sunleaf, Montezuma, pro se, for respondent.

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


HARRIS, Justice.

In myriad lawyer disciplinary cases we have noted the axiom that we give respectful consideration to the sanction recommended by the grievance commission, but must reserve to ourselves the ultimate responsibility in the matter. A corollary to the axiom is that the commission's recommendation weighs most heavily in cases where the appropriate discipline is most difficult to assess. The misconduct in the present case lies at the precise boundary between...

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