Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Lori Jo Kieffer-Garrison

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• concluding when an attorney neglected nine matters, the evidence showed “serial 'acts of misconduct, rather than an isolated misadventure”
• holding knowingly missing deadlines established by the rules of appellate procedure violates rule 32:3.4(c)
• finding an attorney violated rule 32:1.3 when she failed “to comply with deadlines ... in nine separate criminal cases” and also failed to pay court-imposed penalties in a prompt manner
• finding attorney failed to abide by her client’s decisions concerning the objectives of the representation when she agreed to prepare and file an application for further review but did not do so
• finding “Kieffer-Garrison’s conduct was, by a convincing preponderance of the evidence, prejudicial to the administration of justice because it caused the court to waste judicial resources in addressing a motion falsely asserting she filed an application for further review”

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