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Attorney William Norton of Lowden, IA; ethical misfit

 
The state of Iowa presented William B. Lowden with a law license in 1957.
 
The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board found William guilty of the following misconduct.
 
In one matter, William and his firm represented a daughter in regards to her mother’s estate. The executor of the estate was the daughter’s brother.
 
The estates assets included over 500 acres of farmland, parcels which were bequeathed to specific beneficiaries.
 
Subsequently, the attorney representing the estate was contacted by William in regards to his client’s interest in the acreage. William then offered to settle his client’s claims to the estate for $350,000, which was soundly rejected by the estate attorney.
 
A meeting was scheduled by the executor of the estate with all of the beneficiaries to discuss various matters involving the distribution of the assets of the estate. Even though William was not invited to the meeting and had no right to be there he showed up and interjected himself by speaking directly to the beneficiaries that were represented by counsel.
 
William was aware that the beneficiaries were represented by counsel and that he was prohibited from engaging in any discussion with them unless he received authorization from their attorney, which he never sought.
 
As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board punished William by gifting him with complimentary reprimand.
 
As we speak (ca. November 2012) William practices at 508 Main Street in Lowden, Iowa.
 

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