Court suspended the license of retired attorney over client funds

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 373

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended for 90 days the license of a Johnson County lawyer who admits he cannot properly account for his use of clients’ money.

The Iowa Attorney Disciplinary Board has alleged that attorney Michael Ralph Brown admits having failed to maintain the proper client-account reconciliations, monthly lists of individual client balances, journals of receipts and disbursements, bank statements and other financial records.

Due to the lack of records, an auditor could …

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