Supreme Court of Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Mike Mulamba Mbanza
October 20, 2023
Summary
The court found that Mbanza violated a federal immigration regulation by signing and submitting a preparer’s certification for an application containing material misrepresentations, despite not having prepared or reviewed the application as certified. The court rejected the alleged nonlawyer-supervision violation, upheld discovery sanctions, and imposed a thirty-day license suspension without the additional continuing-education requirement recommended below. The court emphasized that Mbanza’s obstructive discovery conduct, frivolous motions, and deceptive testimony substantially aggravated the underlying misconduct.