IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT v. Palmer

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• holding attorney’s conduct, which led to felony conviction involving theft and unauthorized use of a credit card, violated DR 1-102(A)(3) and DR 1-102(A)(4)
• noting power of the court to sanction attorney for criminal actions not associated with the practice of law
• revoking the license of an attorney who pled guilty to a felony after stealing two credit cards and using them to obtain funds for his own purposes
• revoking the license of an attorney who pled guilty to a felony after stealing two credit cards and using them to obtain funds for his own purposes
• revoking the license of an attorney who was convicted of a felony after stealing two credit cards and using them to obtain funds for his own use
• explaining the attorney’s failure to answer the disciplinary complaint, respond to requests for admissions, and appear at his disciplinary hearing overbore “[a]ny inclination on our part to temper the sanction imposed”

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