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

How courts have described this case

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• acknowledging a disciplinary action as the first taken against an attorney but also recognizing his “conduct was not the result of an isolated incident but took place over an extended period”
• imposing a two-year suspension against an attorney who engaged in serious ethical breaches—including multiple acts of misrepresentation— across multiple matters but who did not have a prior disciplinary history
• imposing two-year suspension for misconduct including multiple acts of misrepresentation to the court, neglect of client matters, misrepresenting the status of matters to clients, and failing to respond to the board's inquiries
• imposing two-year suspension for misconduct including multiple acts of misrepresentation to the court, neglect of client matters, misrepresenting the status of matters to clients, and failing to respond to the board’s inquiries
• finding a failure to return an unearned advance fee violated former DR 9-102(B)(4)
• suspending a lawyer’s license for two years for “multiple acts of making misrepresentations to the court, disregarding court orders, neglecting client matters, misrepresenting the status of matters to ... clients, and failing to respond to the Board’s inquiries”

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