High Court Suspends Des Moines Attorney for Domestic Abuse

The Iowa Supreme Court suspended a workers' compensation attorney's license to practice law for one month after he was arrested for choking his wife.The state Supreme Court suspended Des Moines attorney Richard Schmidt for 30 days after determining that he violated the Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct, in the case of Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board v. Schmidt, No. 10-0912, 4/8/11, published.Authorities arrested Schmidt on June 6, 2006, after he threw his wife down onto the ground and began choking her in front of the couple's children. While in an officer's squad car af...