· 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
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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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