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· 9/4/2015

Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Frank Santiago

Citations

  • 869 N.W.2d 172
  • 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 85
  • 2015 WL 5239172

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that while the auditor completing the 2011 audit of attorney's records helped the attorney comply with the trust account requirements, the attorney \failed to take the lessons to heart\ and committed additional trust account violations in 2013
  • noting that while the auditor completing the 2011 audit of attorney’s records helped the attorney comply with the trust account requirements, the attorney “failed to take the lessons to heart” and committed additional trust account violations in 2013
  • deferring to the commission’s view of an attorney’s credibility in determining the attorney did not violate rule 32:8.4(c)
  • finding “failure to learn” from a prior audit to be an aggravating factor
  • finding “failure to learn” from a prior audit to be an aggravating factor
  • imposing a thirty-day suspension on an attorney who did not keep adequate records or reconcile his trust account regularly, failed to deposit a retainer into the trust account, and did not notify clients of withdrawals

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Judges: Waterman, Hecht

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