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

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• suspending lawyer’s license for three years for conduct that included forging a signature and notarizing it
• noting the commission found violations in relatively minor matters but choosing to pass on these violations because of the seriousness of other violations, such as forging a signature
• lying under oath, failing to report settlement agreements, and withdrawing disputed trust funds
• “To notarize any signature not affixed in the notary’s presence is, alone, a serious violation of ethics.”
• past unethical conduct considered aggravating circumstance

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