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ORDER
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On May 6, 2003, the Office of Lawyer
Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Darin S.
Harmon filed a Stipulation asking this court
to impose reciprocal discipline identical to
that imposed on Attorney Harmon by the Iowa
Supreme Court. That court publicly
reprimanded Attorney Harmon for misconduct
stemming from his representation of a party
to a dissolution proceeding. Attorney
Harmon was reprimanded for violating DR 5-105
(B) of the Iowa Code of Professional
Responsibility by engaging in an
impermissible “issue” conflict and for
communicating with a party known to be
represented by counsel, in violation of DR 7-
104(A)(1).
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SCR 22.22(3) provides that this court shall
impose the identical discipline unless the
procedure in the other jurisdiction was so
lacking in notice or opportunity to be heard
as to constitute a due process violation;
there was such an infirmity of proof
establishing the misconduct that this court
should not accept as final the misconduct
finding; or the misconduct justifies
substantially different discipline here.
Neither OLR nor Attorney Harmon contend, nor
does this court find, that any of these
three exceptions exist.
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Accordingly,
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IT IS ORDERED that the Stipulation is accepted and Attorney Darin S. Harmon is hereby publicly reprimanded for professional misconduct pursuant to SCR 22.22.
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