ATTY. DISCIPLINARY BOARD v. NINE

No. 18-1582.

920 N.W.2d 825 (2018)

IOWA SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Complainant, v. Melissa NINE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tara van Brederode and Elizabeth E. Quinlan , for complainant.

David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for respondent.


An Iowa attorney engaged in an intimate relationship with one of her clients whom she was representing in a marriage dissolution matter. The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board charged the attorney with a violation of Iowa Rule of Professional Conduct 32:1.8(j) (sexual relationship with a client). Though the attorney...

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