Davenport City Council

Iowa Capital Dispatch
June 9, 2026

The Attorney Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Iowa has sanctioned a former attorney for the City of Davenport for allegedly withholding information from select city aldermen.

Former Davenport City Attorney Thomas D. Warner violated professional ethics rules by excluding elected officials from critical financial settlement discussions and also by acting without authorization from the full Davenport City Council, the board recently concluded.

The board’s order of public reprimand states that, as the city’s attorney, Warner had intentionally communicated only with select city council members, opting to exclude others from settlement discussions before entering into agreements exceeding $50,000 without obtaining the approval that’s required by law.