Prison Justice
Lawyer convicted of orchestrating drug offers wins again legislation license
The Iowa Supreme Courtroom has reinstated the legislation license of a former metropolis lawyer who was convicted of dealing marijuana. (Picture from Shutterstock)
The Iowa Supreme Courtroom has reinstated the legislation license of a former metropolis lawyer who was convicted of dealing marijuana.
Lawyer Don Richard John Bauermeister labored as a full-time assistant metropolis lawyer for the town of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and he operated a part-time felony protection apply.
In response to prosecutors, Bauermeister was nonetheless a metropolis lawyer in late 2016 and early 2017 when he was trafficking marijuana with a co-conspirator who traveled from Omaha, Nebraska, to Medford, Oregon, the place the lawyer offered the medicine. The co-conspirator made three journeys between the 2 states, in line with coverage by the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Through the third journey, the co-conspirator was stopped by a Utah state trooper who discovered marijuana and telephone texts connecting him to Bauermeister.
Bauermeister reported himself to the Iowa Supreme Courtroom’s Lawyer Disciplinary Board, and in 2017, he pleaded responsible to conspiring to own and distribute a managed substance. His legislation license was revoked, and he was obtained 5 years of probation and was fined $5,000. The state excessive court docket reinstated his license, noting profitable completion of probation in 2023.
“The court docket is glad that Bauermeister has demonstrated that he’s of excellent ethical character and worthy of readmission to the apply of legislation in Iowa,” the state supreme court docket concluded.
Bauermeister stated Wednesday his life has modified dramatically since 2017, in line with the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
“I don’t do something unlawful anymore, and I’m not the identical individual I used to be,” he informed the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
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