In re Kahn

1 Citing case

  1. Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Willey

    965 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 2021)   Cited 2 times

    Thus, the writing must include, at a minimum, the essential terms to which the client is making an informed consent. See alsoIn re Kahn , 306 Ga. 189, 829 S.E.2d 344, 346 (2019) (per curiam) (characterizing Georgia's identical version of rule 32:1.8(a) as requiring "client's written consent to the essential terms of the transactions"); In re Conduct of Spencer , 355 Or. 679, 330 P.3d 538, 541 (2014) (en banc) (per curiam) (holding Oregon's identical version of rule 32:1.8(a) requires client to "consent[ ] in a signed writing to the transaction's essential terms and the role that the lawyer will play in the transaction"). In the context of this loan transaction between an attorney and his client, the essential terms include material details about the purpose and security for the loan known to Willey but withheld from Midwest.