Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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• holding that good character evidence neither excuses nor reduces the seriousness of the unethical conduct but may be considered in determining an appropriate sanction
• observing that “[w]ith some exceptions, this court has consistently revoked a lawyer's license for converting client funds”
• listing cases where this court revoked an attorney’s license to practice law for converting client funds and cases where we found suspension was the more appropriate sanction
• suspending the law license of a lawyer who took fees from a conservatorship without first obtaining court approval
• involving circumstances in which an attorney for a conservatorship took fees prior to court approval
• imposing a one-year suspension for conduct involving unauthorized gifts to attorney from conservatorship and conversion of funds

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