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

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• stating the public’s confidence in our profession is lessened when a lawyer violates the law
• suspending attorney’s license for two months due to his convictions for two simple misdemeanors
• suspending attorney’s license for two months due to his convictions for two simple misdemeanors
• stating court not swayed by attorney’s argument that his actions were those of a concerned father, not an attorney, and therefore should not be held to have reflected adversely on fitness to practice law
• “As for Thompson’s depression and alcoholic conditions, we do not recognize such problems as an excuse for unethical conduct.”
• attorney suspended for two months when ethical violations occurred during a period of depression and active alcoholism

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