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· 3/30/1993

Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Cometti

Citations

  • 430 S.E.2d 320
  • 189 W. Va. 262
  • 1993 W. Va. LEXIS 44

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that failure to respond to ethical inquiries by the Committee on Legal Ethics warranted one-month suspension
  • “[T]he primary purpose of the ethics committee is not punishment but rather the protection of the public and the reassurance of the public as to the reliability and integrity of attomeys[.]”

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Judges: Miller

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