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

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• holding repeated misappropriation of trust funds to cover-up neglect in several clients’ cases warranted revocation
• holding repeated misappropriation of trust funds to cover-up neglect in several clients’ cases warranted revocation
• finding that even in client funds misappropriation cases meriting leniency, that if sufficient aggravating factors exist, the court has “a duty to protect the public and the courts from such conduct” through revocation
• noting that \misappropriation of client funds routinely demands revocation\
• finding Harris (three-year suspension) distinguishable and imposing revocation, in part because attorney misappropriated funds on more than one occasion and in part because \he lied to further the cover-up\
• imposing sanction of revocation where attorney repeatedly neglected client legal matters and misappropriated other clients’ funds in an effort to cover up the neglect

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