Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Casey

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• holding that an untimely disbursement of settlement proceeds violated rule 32:1.15(d)
• holding neglect in two cases, multiple misrepresentations, and the early collection of fee required a three-month suspension
• stating that “if the neglect evinced by Casey constituted his only misconduct, under the circumstances, we would be inclined to order a public reprimand”
• determining that an attorney's taking a premature fee and placing it in the operating account before the final report was filed violated rule 32:1.15(c)
• stating that in fashioning the appropriate sanction, “we look to prior similar cases while remaining cognizant of their limited usefulness due to the variations in their facts”
• finding a violation of rule 7.2(4) is a violation of DRs 1-102(A)(5), (6) and rule 32:8.4(d)

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