IN RE SMITH

No. 13493.

585 S.E.2d 602 (1980)

214 W.Va. 83

In re W. Bernard SMITH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Concurring Opinion of Harshbarger, J. December 1, 1980.

Dissenting Opinion of Miller, J. December 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Kizer, Robert H. Davis, Jr., Charleston, for Legal Ethics committee.

Beckett, Burford & James and R.H. Burford, Huntington, for Smith.


NEELY, Chief Justice.

This is a petition by a disbarred attorney for reinstatement of his license to practice law, pursuant to Art. VI, § 35 of the By-Laws, West Virginia State Bar.1 The license of the petitioner, W. Bernard Smith, was annulled by this Court on 30 July 1974, In Re Smith, 158 W.Va. 13, 206 S.E.2d 920 (1974), after his conviction on 13 December 1971 in the United States...

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