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

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• holding that court may consider prior violations in imposing sanctions
• finding a violation of this rule when an attorney forged her client’s signature and falsely notarized the signature
• describing the board’s burden of proof as greater than that in a civil case but less than that in a criminal case
• finding a violation of this rule when an attorney forged her client’s signature and falsely notarized the signature
• noting multiple violations of our disciplinary rules call for enhanced disciplinary sanctions
• suspending an attorney's license for six months because, in addition to neglecting her client's lawsuit and having a prior public reprimand, the attorney forged her client's signature to the supplemental answers to interrogatories and falsely notarized the signature

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