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ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BD. v. OUDERKIRK

No. 13-1124.

845 N.W.2d 31 (2014)

IOWA SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Appellee, v. Mason James OUDERKIRK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Carroll of Babich Goldman, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Charles L. Harrington and Amanda K. Robinson , Des Moines, for appellee.

WATERMAN, Justice.

How far can a lawyer go to assist a client in preserving assets from a potential creditor? In this appeal, we must decide whether Mason James Ouderkirk violated our prior disciplinary rules1 in his representation of Rodney Heemstra, a wealthy Iowa farmer who shot and killed his neighbor, Tommy Lyon. Heemstra was charged with first-degree murder and ultimately convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Ouderkirk represented...

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