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West Virginia Supreme Court· 4/2/1998

Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Kupec

Citations

  • 505 S.E.2d 619
  • 202 W. Va. 556
  • 1998 W. Va. LEXIS 15

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that only Supreme Court, and not Hearing Panel Subcommittee, has authority to dismiss formal lawyer disciplinary charge
  • collecting cases, including Comm. on Legal Ethics of the W. Va. State Bar v. Lambert, 189 W. Va. 84, 428 S.E.2d 65 (1993) (per curiam) (annulling attorney’s license when he converted property of two clients to his own personal use
  • “Most courts proceed from the general rule that absent compelling extenuating circumstances, misappropriation ... by a lawyer of funds entrusted to his/her care warrants disbarment.”
  • “Conversion is the unauthorized use of entrusted funds for the lawyer’s own purpose. It includes temporary use,”
  • “Most courts proceed from the general rule that absent compelling extenuating circumstances, misappropriation or conversion by a lawyer of funds entrusted to his/her care warrants disbarment.”
  • “The authority of the Supreme Court to regulate and control the practice of law in West Virginia, including the lawyer disciplinary process, is constitutional in origin. W.Va. Const, art. VIII, § 3.”

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Judges: Davis

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