SUPREME COURT ATTY. DISC. BD. v. AKPAN

No. 20-0187.

951 N.W.2d 440 (2020)

IOWA SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Complainant, v. David Ebong AKPAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tara van Brederode , and Wendell J. Harms , (argued), for complainant.

David L. Brown , (argued) and Tyler R. Smith of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for respondent.


This attorney disciplinary case with interstate dimensions involves an Iowa-licensed attorney who practiced immigration law in Texas. The attorney received payments totaling $4000 from a client on a flat-fee representation. He put those payments directly in his operating account. After the attorney had worked on the case for...

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