Supreme Court of Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Mike Mulamba Mbanza
October 20, 2023
Summary
The court found that Mbanza violated the federal regulation governing immigration practitioners by signing and submitting a preparer’s certification for an immigration application he had not prepared or reviewed. It rejected the alleged nonlawyer-supervision violation, upheld the discovery sanctions, and imposed a thirty-day license suspension based especially on Mbanza’s obstructive discovery conduct, frivolous motions, and deceptive testimony. The court declined to impose additional continuing legal education requirements.